CompGeo Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic Salary Survey Benchmark Job Description and Competencies - Manufacturing Occupation Group

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Summary Job Description

Tasks

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

Measure and examine extruded products in order to locate defects, and to check for conformance to specifications; adjust controls as necessary to alter products.

Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.

Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.

Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.

Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.

Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.

Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.

Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.

Clean work areas.

Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.

Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.

Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.

Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.

Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.

Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.

Maintain an inventory of materials.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Important Knowledge Competencies

Competency Description

Mechanical

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Mathematics

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Chemistry

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Important Skill Competencies

Competency Description

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Monitoring

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Coordination

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Speaking

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Repairing

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Important Ability Competencies

Competency Description

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Reaction Time

The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Trunk Strength

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Rate Control

The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

Near Vision

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Stamina

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Far Vision

The ability to see details at a distance.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Visualization

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Speech Clarity

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Response Orientation

The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Prerequisite Qualification Category

Education and Experience Level

On-the-Job Training

Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months

Required Level of Education

High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)

On-Site or In-Plant Training

Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training

Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

Alternate Job Title(s)

Coiler

Core Extruder

Core Shaper

Draw Machine Operator

Drawbench Operator

Extruder Operator

Extruding Press Adjuster

Extruding Press Operator

Extrusion Mechanic

Extrusion Press Adjuster

Extrusion Press Operator

Floor Molder

Forming Machine Operator

Grid Caster

Grid Maker

Grid Molder

Hot Mill Observer

Injection Machine Operator

Injection Molder

Insulation Operator

Jacket Line Operator

Job Molder

Laminating Operator

Lead Former

Lead Press Operator

Machine Operator

Manufacturing Assistant

Manufacturing Associate

Manufacturing Operator

Metal Drawer

Metal Inspector

Mold Injector

Needle Bar Molder

Nozzle Operator

Operator

Press Operator

Production Mechanic

Retort Press Operator

Rod Drawer

Rod Pointer

Seamless Tube Drawer

Setup Operator

Spinning Bath Patroller

Stretch Machine Operator

Tube Drawer

Wire Drawer

Wire Drawing Machine Operator

Wire Drawing Machine Tender

Wire Drawing Setter

Wire Mill Operator

Wire Mill Rover

Wire Puller

CompGeo Occupation Group: Manufacturing

Job Family: Manufacturing

Benchmark Title: Extruding/Drawing Machine Setters Metal and Plastic

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