Career Discovery

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career 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. Also Known As Extruder Operator Extrusion Operator Machine Operator Press Operator Alternate Job Titles Abrasive Wheel Molder Air Bag Curer …

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Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap. Also Known As Dry Kiln Operator Furnace Operator Kiln Fireman Kiln Operator Alternate Job Titles Ager Operator Annealer Annealing Operator Autoclave Operator …

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment. Also Known As Inspector Quality Control Inspector (QC Inspector) Quality Inspector Quality Technician Alternate Job Titles Abrasive Grader Acid …

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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Less than a High School Diploma, Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber. Also Known As Cloth Cutter Leather Cutter Offline Cutter Trimmer Alternate Job Titles Aluminum Sheet Cutter Basting Puller Belt Splicer Bright Cutter Bucker Buttoner Buttonhole Maker Buttonhole Marker Candle …

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Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material. Also Known As Cutter Cutter Operator Machine Operator Paper Cutter Alternate Job Titles Abrasive Sawyer Almond Cutting Machine Tender Angle Shearer Apple Peeler Operator Applique Cutter Arch Cushion Skiving Machine …

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Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Includes chippers, buffers, and finishers. Also Known As Chipper Finisher Grinder Polisher Alternate Job Titles Aircraft Skin Burnisher Balance Wheel Arm Burnisher Balance Wheel Hand Filer Barrel Finisher Beveler Bit Shaver …

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Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients. Also Known As Blender Machine Operator Mixer Mixer Operator Alternate Job Titles Abrasive Mixer Acetylene Cylinder Packing Mixer Acid Adjuster Acid Blower Acid Mixer Ammonia Worker Asphalt Blender Asphalt Mixer Asphalt Mixing …

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Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators. Also Known As …

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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber. Also Known As Grinder Machine Operator Miller Preparation Operator (Prep Operator) Alternate Job Titles Abrasive Grinder Air Bag Buffer Air Chipper Automatic Blocker Automatic Buffer Automatic Corn Grinder Operator Automatic Grinding Machine …

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Biofuels Processing Technicians

$50K-$80K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED), Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Calculate, measure, load, mix, and process refined feedstock with additives in fermentation or reaction process vessels and monitor production process. Perform, and keep records of, plant maintenance, repairs, and safety inspections. Also Known As Biofuels Processing Technician Ethanol Operator Process Operator Production Operator Alternate Job Titles Biodiesel Process Control Technician Biodiesel Processing Technician …

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