People in this career often do these activities:
- Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
- Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
- Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
- Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
- Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
- Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
- Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
- Connect supply lines to production equipment or tools.
- Remove accessories, tools, or other parts from equipment.
- Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment.
- Apply lubricants or coolants to workpieces.
- Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
- Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
- Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
- Package products for storage or shipment.
- Clean production equipment.
- Maintain production or processing equipment.
- Lubricate production equipment.
- Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
- Remove workpieces from molds.
- Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
- Select production equipment according to product specifications.
- Repair templates, patterns, or molds.
- Replace worn equipment components.
- Record operational or production data.
- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
- Select production input materials.
- Set equipment guides, stops, spacers, or other fixtures.
- Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
- Trim excess material from workpieces.
- Operate grinding equipment.
- Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
- Fill cracks, imperfections, or holes in products or workpieces.
- Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
- Load materials into production equipment.
- Apply parting agents or other solutions to molds.
- Heat material or workpieces to prepare for or complete production.
- Place materials into molds.
- Load items into ovens or furnaces.
- Build production molds.
- Skim impurities from molten metal.