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Job Description


	All metalworkers and plastic workers not listed separately.

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Significant Points


	(Abstract from Career Articles)

	Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders-Metal and Plastics

Manufacturing industries employ 10 out of 11 workers. A few weeks of on-the-job training is sufficient for most workers to learn basic machine operations, but a year or more is required to become a highly skilled operator or setter. Employment in most machine setter, operator, and tender occupations will decline over the 2004-14 period as a result of productivity improvements and competition for jobs from abroad.
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Top Ten Industries

U.S. National Figures.

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
Household Appliance Manufacturing	3,740
Plastics Product Manufacturing	3,220
Employment Services	2,030
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	1,940
Architectural and Structural Metals Manufacturing	1,670
Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	1,540
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	1,440
Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	1,420
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	1,340
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	1,150

Salaries

U.S. National Averages.

Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
Average Annual Salary	$34,910
Average Hourly Wage	$16.78
Total Employment	35,190

Related Majors & Degrees

Precision Metal Working
	Machine Shop Technology / Assistant
	Machine Tool Technology / Machinist
	Precision Metal Working, Other

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