Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

People in this career often have these skills:

• Operations Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

People in this career often have talent in:

• 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.
• 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.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 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.

• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

People in this career often do these activities:

• Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
• Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
• Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
• Build production molds.
• Clean workpieces or finished products.

• Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
• Remove workpieces from molds.
• Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
• Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
• Load items into ovens or furnaces.
• Assemble metal or plastic parts or products.
• Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
• Operate heating or drying equipment.
• Select production equipment according to product specifications.
• Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
• Trim excess material from workpieces.
• Repair templates, patterns, or molds.
• Measure materials to mark reference points, cutting lines, or other indicators.
• Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
• Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
• Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
• Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
• Place materials into molds.
• Immerse objects or workpieces in cleaning or coating solutions.
• Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
• Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
• Draw guide lines or markings on materials or workpieces using patterns or other references.
• Adjust position of molds during processing.

• Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

• Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

• Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

• Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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

• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

• Print Binding and Finishing Workers

• Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

• Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons