Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4021 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.
Southeast Minnesota
| 250 | 67 | $19.03/hr | $13.55/hr | $15.49/hr | $19.18/hr | $22.46/hr | $24.45/hr |
Construction | N/A | N/A |
Manufacturing | 1,770 | $20.53/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,730 | $20.65/hr | -0.4% |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 160 | $14.98/hr | -14.9% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 2,720 | $18.44/hr | -4.3% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 5,400 | $20.74/hr | -4.0% |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Print Binding and Finishing Workers
| 2,490 | $18.09/hr | -5.9% |
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 720 | $19.99/hr | -4.5% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 140 | $19.81/hr | -12.7% |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 340 | $18.53/hr | -5.3% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 2,010 | $18.68/hr | -9.1% |
- Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
- Clean work areas.
- Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
- Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
- Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
- Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
- Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
- Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
- Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.