Occupational Employment Statistics
51-9191 Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials. Excludes “Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders" (51-6042).
Central Minnesota
| 30 | 7 | $19.11/hr | $15.52/hr | $15.52/hr | $19.45/hr | $22.86/hr | $23.83/hr |
Manufacturing | 200 | $23.83/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 110 | $23.75/hr | -4.2% |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,700 | $24.48/hr | -1.6% |
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
| 240 | $26.59/hr | N/A |
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 600 | $24.60/hr | -5.6% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,790 | $19.54/hr | -3.8% |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 300 | $25.36/hr | -1.7% |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
| 140 | $19.49/hr | -11.4% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 3,630 | $19.30/hr | -3.1% |
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,370 | $19.74/hr | 5.9% |
- Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
- Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors.
- Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
- Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
- Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
- Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
- Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
- Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
- Clean and maintain gluing and cementing machines, using solutions, lubricants, brushes, and scrapers.
- Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.