Compacting Machine Operator
- Ideal for those who love hands-on work with diverse materials and machinery.
- Shape essential products that impact daily life, from glassware to cosmetics.
- Unique role in crafting everyday items with precision and skill.
💰 Earn $38K-$53K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Good (Increasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
- Thinking and problem solving
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Monitoring
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Having freedom
- Personal relationships
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Compacting Machine Operator
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