Occupational Employment Statistics
51-4022 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.
Central Minnesota
| 10 | 3 | $24.43/hr | $19.30/hr | $19.54/hr | $21.46/hr | $31.11/hr | $31.11/hr |
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 280 | $19.39/hr | -15.0% |
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 990 | $19.45/hr | -4.9% |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $19.49/hr | -11.4% |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
| 8,390 | $19.35/hr | 4.6% |
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
| 260 | $22.77/hr | N/A |
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators
| 10 | $31.00/hr | N/A |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 300 | $25.36/hr | -1.7% |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
| 9,930 | $24.13/hr | -12.0% |
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
| 50 | $19.51/hr | 7.4% |
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
| 30 | $37.30/hr | -4.2% |
- Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.
- Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
- Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops, and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.
- Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal.
- Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.
- Sharpen cutting tools and drill bits, using bench grinders.
- Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.
- Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
- Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
- Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.