Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operators
- Manufacturing
Median Yearly Income
$42,675
Most Common Education Level
High school diploma or less
Projected Job Growth
+3.33%
What do Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operators do?
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.
Career Interests Areas
- Realistic
- Conventional
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Data on career profiles are based on information supplied by the O*NET Program, sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment, and Training Administration.