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How to become Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Median annual wage for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4081) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Select production equipment according to product specifications.
- Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
- Operate cutting equipment.
- Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Operations Monitoring4.0/5
- Quality Control Analysis3.4/5
- Monitoring3.1/5
- Operation and Control3.1/5
- Equipment Maintenance3.1/5
- Judgment and Decision Making3.1/5
- Reading Comprehension3.0/5
- Active Listening3.0/5
- Speaking3.0/5
- Critical Thinking3.0/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic7.0/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional4.6/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative2.1/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Social1.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Enterprising1.0/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
