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

  • Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

  • Plastic Molding Operator
  • Plastic Process Technician
  • Plastic Shaper
  • Spring Salvage Worker

  • Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

  • Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
  • Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
  • Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.
  • Set up, operate, or tend presses and forging machines to perform hot or cold forging by flattening, straightening, bending, cutting, piercing, or other operations to taper, shape, or form metal.

  • Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.