NorthStar

Occupations/51-9041.00

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.

High school

Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.

AI automation risk

75%

Higher automation risk

Human characteristics

23%

Fewer uniquely human demands

Task orientation

72%

Higher automation risk

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.

  • Mostly routine

    Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.

  • Task

    Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.

Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.

Core tasks

  1. 01Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
  2. 02Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
  3. 03Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
  4. 04Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
  5. 05Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
  6. 06Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks3.66
  • Degree of automation3.23
  • Time sitting1.72
  • Originality (ability)2.12
  • Conflict situations2.73
  • Hands-on objects/tools4.09
  • Outdoors / weather1.13
  • Disease exposure1.67
  • Decision freedom3.54

Top abilities

  • Reaction Time3.75
  • Rate Control3.75
  • Perceptual Speed3.75
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness3.62
  • Problem Sensitivity3.38
  • Near Vision3.38
  • Manual Dexterity3.38
  • Information Ordering3.25

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.00
  • Active Listening3.00
  • Writing2.75
  • Speaking3.12
  • Mathematics2.12
  • Science1.75
  • Critical Thinking3.00
  • Active Learning2.62
  • Learning Strategies2.12
  • Monitoring3.38

CIP matches

99.9999NO MATCH

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