Extruding & Forming Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Synthetic & Glass Fibers
Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.
Also called: Extruder Operator, Extrusion Line Operator, Extrusion Operator, Spindraw Operator
Knowledge:
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
- teaching and course design
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- keep your arm or hand steady
- put together small parts with your fingers
- quickly change the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat
- use your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- do two or more things at the same time
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Self Control
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Persistence
Technology:
Industrial control software
- Camstar Manufacturing Execution System MES
- Statistical process control SPC software
Education:
no high school diploma/GED
