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How to become Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Median annual wage for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4023) — BLS OEWS, May 2023.
What you would actually do
The tasks that make up the work of Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
- Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
- Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
- Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Feed materials or products into or through equipment.
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
- Operation and Control4.0/5
- Quality Control Analysis3.6/5
- Monitoring3.5/5
- Speaking3.3/5
- Active Listening3.1/5
- Critical Thinking3.1/5
- Reading Comprehension3.0/5
- Active Learning3.0/5
- Coordination3.0/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix measured for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Realistic6.8/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Conventional4.1/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Investigative1.7/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic1.0/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Social1.0/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- 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.
