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

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

US jobs
8,930
Median wage
$49,030 a year
Job family
Production and manufacturing

Can agents do the work of forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic?

We read the evidence for the whole job family, Production and manufacturing: Unmeasured (no change in 12 months)

No direct benchmark gives a success rate.

0% of this occupation's work, by O*NET work activities, is measured by a direct benchmark.

  • 21%Operate industrial processing or production equipmentNot measured
  • 12%Position workpieces or materials on equipmentNot measured
  • 12%Read documents or materials to inform work processesNot measured
  • 10%Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipmentNot measured
  • 9%Communicate with others about operational plans or activitiesNot measured
  • 9%Disassemble equipmentNot measured
  • 7%Cut materialsNot measured
  • 6%Test performance of equipment or systemsNot measured

Benchmarks for the job family

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Also relevant

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Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

  • Start machines to produce sample workpieces, and observe operations to detect machine malfunctions and to verify that machine setups conform to specifications.
  • Read work orders or blueprints to determine specified tolerances and sequences of operations for machine setup.
  • Confer with other workers about machine setups and operational specifications.
  • Measure and inspect machined parts to ensure conformance to product specifications.
  • Turn handles or knobs to set pressures and depths of ram strokes and to synchronize machine operations.
  • 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.
  • Trim and compress finished forgings to specified tolerances.
  • Install, adjust, and remove dies, synchronizing cams, forging hammers, and stop guides, using overhead cranes or other hoisting devices, and hand tools.
  • Remove dies from machines when production runs are finished.
  • Select, align, and bolt positioning fixtures, stops, and specified dies to rams and anvils, forging rolls, or presses and hammers.
  • Repair, maintain, and replace parts on dies.
  • Position and move metal wires or workpieces through a series of dies that compress and shape stock to form die impressions.
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