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Will AI replace Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
O*NET occupation 51-4035.00
Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Miller
- Milling and Planing Machine Operator and Tender
- Metal Milling Machine Operator
- Plastic Thread Milling Machine Setup Operator
- Planer Type Milling Machine Setup Operator
- Metal Rotary Head Milling Machine Setup Operator
- Milling Machine Tender
- Milling Machine Operator
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
- Verify alignment of workpieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.
- Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and workpieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.
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