Occupational Employment Statistics
51-9041 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products, such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics. Excludes “Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders" (51-9196) and "Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042).
Southeast Minnesota
| 180 | 77 | $17.24/hr | $12.29/hr | $13.93/hr | $16.11/hr | $19.65/hr | $24.25/hr |
Natural Resources and Mining | N/A | N/A |
Manufacturing | 1,110 | $19.14/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 80 | N/A |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 2,720 | $18.44/hr | -4.3% |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,730 | $20.65/hr | -0.4% |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,180 | $22.18/hr | -7.6% |
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
| 30 | $15.33/hr | N/A |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| 320 | $18.68/hr | -5.4% |
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 3,060 | $19.46/hr | 3.9% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,070 | $17.94/hr | -7.0% |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 410 | $21.85/hr | -5.6% |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 340 | $18.53/hr | -5.3% |
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 320 | $16.67/hr | -15.2% |
- Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes.
- Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.