Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
SOC Code: 51-9041
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenderss adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 72.2/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Operations Monitoring.
AI-Proof Score: 72.2 — High
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Median Salary
$45,130
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Job Growth
2.0%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Monitoring
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
- •Reading Comprehension
Common Tasks
- ✓Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients.
- ✓Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.
- ✓Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales.
- ✓Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions.
- ✓Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation