Career Discovery

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects. Also Known As Furnace Operator Heat Treat Operator Heat Treat Technician Heat Treater Alternate Job Titles Annealer Annealing Furnace Operator Annealing Furnace …

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Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

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

Career Overview Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters. Also Known As Layout Inspector Layout Man Layout Technician (Layout Tech) Layout Worker Alternate Job Titles Aircraft Lay Out Worker Bellmaker Development Mechanic Dimensional …

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Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

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

Career Overview Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products. Also Known As Brazer Solderer Welder Wirer Alternate Job Titles Acetylene Burner Acetylene Cutter Acetylene Operator Acetylene Torch Burner Acetylene Torch Operator Acetylene Torch Solderer Aluminum Welder Arc Cutter …

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Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

$30K-$50K, Career Discovery, Realistic (Doers)

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines. Also Known As Fabricator Machine Operator Mig Welder Spot Welder Alternate Job Titles Aluminum Welder Arc and Gas Welder Arc …

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Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot. Also Known As Cell Technician CNC Machine Setter (Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Setter) Machine Operator Machine Technician Alternate Job Titles Automatic Wheel-Line Operator Ballistics Laboratory Gunsmith Cell Technician Centrifugal Control Switch Machine Operator Clock Machine Setter …

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Foundry Mold and Coremakers

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

Career Overview Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries. Also Known As Core Machine Operator Core Maker Coremaker Molder Alternate Job Titles Airset Caster Airset Molder Bond Runner Core Baker Core Drier Core Machine Operator Core Maker Core Microarchitect Core Oven Tender Core Paster …

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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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

Career Overview Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products. Also Known As Machine Operator Molder Process Technician Production Technician Alternate Job Titles Aluminum Molder Aluminum Molding Machine Operator Automatic Casting Machine Operator Babbitt Spinner Babbitter Bench Molder Bender Machine …

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Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic

$50K-$80K, Career Discovery, Conventional (Organizers), Realistic (Doers), Some College Courses

Career Overview Lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates. Also Known As Metal Pattern Maker Pattern Maker Patternmaker Wax Molder Alternate Job Titles Acoustical Tile Patternmaker All-Around Patternmaker Boilermaker Loftsman Chart Writer Computer Patternmaker Die Cast Die Maker Die Inspector Die Technician …

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Pourers and Casters, Metal

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

Career Overview Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots. Also Known As Caster Melter Metal Handler Pourer Alternate Job Titles Aluminum Pourer Billet Header Brass Pourer Buggy Ladle Tender Bull Ladle Tender Busher Caster Casting Machine Operator Casting Operator DC Caster (Direct Chill …

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