Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Molding, coremaking, and casting machine workers run machines to form metal or thermoplastic parts or products. Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders set up or operate more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

Move toolholders manually or by turning handwheels, or engage automatic feeding mechanisms to feed tools to and along workpieces. ... Compute unspecified dimensions and machine settings, using knowledge of metal properties and shop mathematics.

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock. ... Computer Numerical Control Lathe Operator (CNC Lathe Operator), Lathe Operator, Lathe Set ...

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock. National estimates for Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal ...

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock. Sample of reported job titles: CNC Lathe Operator (Computer Numerical Control Lathe Operator), CNC Setup Operator (Computer Numerical Control ...

The lower-skilled manual machine tool operators and tenders jobs are more likely to be eliminated by these new technologies, because the functions they perform are more easily automated. The demand for machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic largely mirrors the demand for the parts they produce.