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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot. | Inspect workpieces for defects, and measure workpieces to determine accuracy of machine operation, using rules, templates, or other measuring instruments. | |||
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Observe machine operation to detect workpiece defects or machine malfunctions, adjusting machines as necessary. | ||||
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Read blueprints or job orders to determine product specifications and tooling instructions and to plan operational sequences. | ||||
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Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, cutters, shears, borers, millers, grinders, presses, drills, and auxiliary machines, to make metallic and plastic workpieces. | ||||
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Position, adjust, and secure stock material or workpieces against stops, on arbors, or in chucks, fixtures, or automatic feeding mechanisms, manually or using hoists. | ||||
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Select, install, and adjust alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices, using templates, measuring instruments, and hand tools. | ||||
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Change worn machine accessories, such as cutting tools and brushes, using hand tools. | ||||
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Make minor electrical and mechanical repairs and adjustments to machines and notify supervisors when major service is required. | ||||
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Start machines and turn handwheels or valves to engage feeding, cooling, and lubricating mechanisms. | ||||
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Perform minor machine maintenance, such as oiling or cleaning machines, dies, or workpieces, or adding coolant to machine reservoirs. | ||||
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Select the proper coolants and lubricants and start their flow. | ||||
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Remove burrs, sharp edges, rust, or scale from workpieces, using files, hand grinders, wire brushes, or power tools. | ||||
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Instruct other workers in machine set-up and operation. | ||||
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Record operational data such as pressure readings, lengths of strokes, feed rates, and speeds. | ||||
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Extract or lift jammed pieces from machines, using fingers, wire hooks, or lift bars. | ||||
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Set machine stops or guides to specified lengths as indicated by scales, rules, or templates. | ||||
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Move controls or mount gears, cams, or templates in machines to set feed rates and cutting speeds, depths, and angles. | ||||
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Compute data such as gear dimensions and machine settings, applying knowledge of shop mathematics. | ||||
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Align layout marks with dies or blades. | ||||
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Measure and mark reference points and cutting lines on workpieces, using traced templates, compasses, and rules. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Multiple Machine Tool Setters Opers Tndrs Metal and Plastic
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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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. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Troubleshooting | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Equipment Maintenance | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Repairing | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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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. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Auditory Attention | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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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). | |||
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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. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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Hearing Sensitivity | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Data entry software | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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Email software | Electronic mail software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Adjustable wrenches | Adjustable wrenches | |||
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Band saws | Power saws | |||
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Blow-molding machines | Blow molding machines | |||
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Boring tools | Boring tools | |||
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Buffing machines | Power buffers | |||
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Claw hammers | Hammers | |||
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Compasses | Compasses | |||
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Computer numerical controlled CNC milling machines | Milling cutters | |||
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Cutting machines | Milling cutters | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Dies | Taps or dies | |||
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Drafting scales | Scales | |||
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Drilling machines | Power drills | |||
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Extruding machines | Extruders | |||
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Face masks | Facial shields | |||
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Files | Files | |||
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Gear hobbers | Gear shapers | |||
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Grease guns | Grease guns | |||
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Grinding machines | Power grinders | |||
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Hand grinders | Grinders | |||
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Hand shears | Shears | |||
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Height gauges | Height gauges | |||
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Injection molding machines | Injection molding machines | |||
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Lathe machines | Cutting machines | |||
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Lift bars | Lifting hooks | |||
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Lifting hooks | Lifting hooks | |||
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Locking pliers | Locking pliers | |||
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Mechanical booms | Forklift or elevator accessories or supplies | |||
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Micrometers | Micrometers | |||
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Milling machines | Milling machines | |||
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Overhead cranes | Track cranes | |||
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Planing machines | Planing machines | |||
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Polishing machines | Polishing machines | |||
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Power hoists | Hoists | |||
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Press brakes | Workshop presses | |||
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Protective ear plugs | Ear plugs | |||
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Punching machines | Cutting machines | |||
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Robotic loading equipment | Loading equipment | |||
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Safety glasses | Safety glasses | |||
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Self-contained breathing apparatus | Respiration air supplying self contained breathing apparatus or accessories | |||
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Slitting machines | Cutting machines | |||
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Steel rules | Rulers | |||
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Straight screwdrivers | Screwdrivers | |||
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Tangent benders | Tangent benders | |||
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Taps | Taps or dies | |||
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Templates | Templates | |||
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Tube benders | Tube bending machinery | |||
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Turning machines | Turning machines | |||
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Wing benders | Wing benders | |||
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Wire brushes | Wire brushes | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Automatic Wheel-Line Operator | |||
Ballistics Laboratory Gunsmith | |||
CNC Machine Setter (Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Setter) | |||
CNC Machinist (Computer Numerically Controlled Machinist) | |||
CNC Operator (Computer Numerically Controlled Operator) | |||
Cell Technician | |||
Centrifugal Control Switch Machine Operator | |||
Combination Machine Tool Operator | |||
Combination Machine Tool Setter | |||
Developmental Machinist | |||
Die Repairman | |||
Die Setter | |||
Electrode Turner and Finisher | |||
Fabrication Set-Up Person | |||
Four-Slide Machine Setter | |||
Gear Cutting Machine Set-Up Operator | |||
Gear Hobber Set-Up Operator | |||
Gear Milling Machine Set-Up Operator | |||
Gear Shaper Set-Up Operator | |||
Gear Shaver Set-Up Operator | |||
Gunsmith | |||
Injection Molding Technician | |||
Lathe Operator | |||
Loading Machine Tool Setter | |||
Machine Operator | |||
Machine Set-Up Operator | |||
Machine Set-Up Person | |||
Machine Setter | |||
Machine Technician | |||
Machine Tool Operator | |||
Machine Try-Out Setter | |||
Machinist | |||
Manufacturing Assistant | |||
Manufacturing Associate | |||
Manufacturing Operator | |||
Metal and Plastic Combination Machine Tool Operator | |||
Metal and Plastic Combination Machine Tool Setter | |||
Metal and Plastic Transfer Machine Operator | |||
Mold Maker | |||
Multi-Operation Forming Machine Operator | |||
Multi-operation Forming Machine Setter | |||
Operator | |||
Ornamental Metal Worker | |||
Ornamental Metal Worker Apprentice | |||
Production Gear Cutting Machine Operator | |||
Production Machine Tender | |||
Production Operator | |||
Rim Roller Operator | |||
Set-Up Person | |||
Shear Operator | |||
Spiral Bevel Gear Generator Set-Up Operator | |||
Spring Maker | |||
Spring Manufacturing Set-Up Technician | |||
Straight Bevel Gear Generator Set-Up Operator | |||
Tool Gear Cutting Machine Set-Up Operator | |||
Tool Machine Setup Operator | |||
Tool and Die Maker | |||
Tooling Set-Up Person | |||
Transfer Machine Operator | |||
Trim Machine Operator | |||
Utility Operator | |||
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