How do they match: Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Plastic Extrusion Operator
  • Plastics Extruder Operator
  • Metal Drawer
  • Metal Inspector

  • Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

  • Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.
  • Clean work areas.
  • Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
  • Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.

  • Clean work areas.
  • Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.