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Will AI replace Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders?
O*NET occupation 51-9041.00
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.
O*NET alternate job titles
- Former
- Extruding Machine Setter
- Forming Machine Tender
- Press Machine Operator
- Compacting Machine Tender
- Extruding Machine Tender
- Extruding Press Operator
- Forming Machine Operator
Example core tasks from the O*NET database
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
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