Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Career

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

The main tasks and work activities of Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic are to measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications, inspect metal, plastic, or composite products, select production equipment according to product specifications, determine production equipment settings. In general, for the Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic, operation Monitoring, operation and Control, critical Thinking, judgment and Decision Making and other 7 skills are required.

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General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic occupations usually require a high school diploma. 84.69% of Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 11.22% of Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic have Post-Secondary Certificate. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic tasks, skills, and ability page.

The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic occupational group.

Less than a High School Diploma

3.64%

High School Diploma (or the equivalent)

84.69%

Post-Secondary Certificate

11.22%

Some College Courses

0.00%

Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

0.00%

Bachelor's Degree and Above

0.45%

Vocational Programs for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Career

1 vocational program is closely related to the Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic occupation - Machine Tool Technology, Machinist. You can check the schools offering the programs with tuition, length of study, and earning information.

Machine Tool Technology/Machinist

A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to plan, manufacture, assemble, test, and repair parts, mechanisms, machines, and structures in which materials are cast, formed, shaped, molded, heat treated, cut, twisted, pressed, fused, stamped or worked

Average Program Tuition & Fees: $8,531

Average Program Length: 1,078 Contact Hours

Average Completion Time: 10.69 Months

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Schools for Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Occupation

The following schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.

Farmington, CT

Tunxis Community College

Public, 2-4 years, Offering 56 programs to 3,267 enrolled students and its average tuition & fees is $14,220

Covington, TN

Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Covington

Public, 2-4 years, Offering 23 programs to 396 enrolled students and its average tuition & fees is $5,344