Free AI job risk scan
Will AI replace Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
O*NET occupation 51-4031.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Cutter
- Cutting Machine Operator
- Metal Punch Press Operator
- Metal and Plastic Sawing Machine Tool Setter
- Power Press Tender
- Metal and Plastic Shear and Slitter Machine Setter
- Punch Press Setter
- Punch Press Operator
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Measure completed workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, using micrometers, gauges, calipers, templates, or rulers.
- Examine completed workpieces for defects, such as chipped edges or marred surfaces and sort defective pieces according to types of flaws.
- Read work orders or production schedules to determine specifications, such as materials to be used, locations of cutting lines, or dimensions and tolerances.
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