Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Press buttons to stop machines when processes are complete or when malfunctions are detected.
• Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines.
• Observe machine operations, control boards, and gauges to detect malfunctions such as clogged bushings and defective binder applicators.
• Load materials into extruding and forming machines, using hand tools, and adjust feed mechanisms to set feed rates.
• Move controls to activate and adjust extruding and forming machines.
• Record details of machine malfunctions.
• Clean and maintain extruding and forming machines, using hand tools.
• Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fiberglass, or liquid polymers.

Technology

• Apache Hadoop YARN
• Camstar Manufacturing Execution System MES
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Operational databases
• SAP software
• Statistical process control SPC software

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in GA
  Median $45,360 · Employment 2,530
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in NC
  Median $40,090 · Employment 1,980
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in SC
  Median $43,380 · Employment 1,080
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in AL
  Median $60,100 · Employment 930
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in Dalton, GA
  Median $45,610 · Employment 860
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in FL
  Median $43,520 · Employment 620
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in Atlanta, GA
  Median $58,980 · Employment 590
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in Charlotte, NC
  Median $40,310 · Employment 580
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in VA
  Median $40,770 · Employment 540
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in TX
  Median $46,970 · Employment 520
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in Augusta, GA
  Median $42,380 · Employment 500
• Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers Salary in PA
  Median $55,960 · Employment 490

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