Salary Range
  • New York State $29,670-$44,160 per year
  • Central New York $29,960-$45,860 per year
  • Finger Lakes $28,930-$43,140 per year
  • Hudson Valley $32,930-$48,570 per year
  • Long Island $31,760-$45,680 per year
  • Mohawk Valley $29,490-$43,180 per year
  • New York City $32,170-$45,470 per year
  • North Country $29,770-$36,640 per year
  • Southern Tier $29,180-$42,900 per year
  • Western New York $29,600-$43,630 per year
Example Job Titles
  • Core Machine Operator
  • Die Cast Technician
  • Diecast Machine Operator
  • Machine Operator
  • Mold Setter
  • Mold Technician
  • Molder
  • Process Technician
  • Production Technician
Jobs with Transferable Skills
  • Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
  • Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
  • Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
  • Molding and Casting Workers
  • Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
  • Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
  • Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters
  • Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
  • Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

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Job Type:

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Typical Education:

Apprenticeship/Postsecondary Training

Skills:
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Reading Comprehension
Typical Tasks:
  1. Measure and visually inspect products for surface and dimension defects to ensure conformance to specifications, using precision measuring instruments.
  2. Observe continuous operation of automatic machines to ensure that products meet specifications and to detect jams or malfunctions, making adjustments as necessary.
  3. Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.
  4. Turn valves and dials of machines to regulate pressure, temperature, and speed and feed rates, and to set cycle times.
  5. Read specifications, blueprints, and work orders to determine setups, temperatures, and time settings required to mold, form, or cast plastic materials, as well as to plan production sequences.
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Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic