Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

People in this career often know a lot about:

• Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

People in this career often have talent in:

• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Trunk Strength - The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Finger Dexterity - The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
• Rate Control - The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.

People in this career often do these activities:

• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
• Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
• Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.

• Load materials into production equipment.
• Conduct test runs of production equipment.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
• Exchange information with colleagues.
• Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
• Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
• Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
• Record operational or production data.
• Clear equipment jams.
• Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
• Clean production equipment.
• Maintain production or processing equipment.
• Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
• Operate forklifts or other loaders.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
• Operate heating or drying equipment.

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