High School Diploma – or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Career Overview Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates. Also Known As Electronic Prepress Operator (EPP Operator) Plate Maker Prepress Operator Prepress Technician Alternate Job Titles Ad Compositor Ad Setter Advertisement Compositor Advertising Layout Worker …

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Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Career Overview Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects. Also Known As Grinder Grinder Operator Saw Filer Tool Grinder Alternate Job Titles Card Grinder Computer Numerical Control Grinding Technician (CNC Grinding Technician) Crankshaft Grinder Cutter Grind Tool Technician Cutter Grinder Cutting Tool Sharpener Cylinder Grinder Deburrer Die Barber Die Fitter Die Grinder …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Pourers and Casters, Metal

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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Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Career Overview Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects. Includes template makers. Also Known As CNC Machinist (Computer Numerical Control Machinist) Model Builder Model Maker Molding Technician (Molding Tech) Alternate Job Titles Aircraft Mockup Builder Appliances Sample Maker …

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