What You'll Do

  • Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
  • Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
  • Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
  • Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
  • Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
  • Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.
  • Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
  • Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
  • Remove jammed materials from machines and readjust components as necessary to resume normal operations.

Essential Skills

Operation and Control 3.88/5
Operations Monitoring 3.75/5
Active Listening 3.12/5
Speaking 3.12/5
Monitoring 3.12/5
Quality Control Analysis 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Troubleshooting 3.0/5
Repairing 3.0/5
Time Management 3.0/5
Critical Thinking 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Analyst: Investigating problems and finding patterns keeps you engaged.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Cautiousness, Stress Tolerance, Achievement Orientation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Arm-Hand Steadiness 3.62/5
Manual Dexterity 3.62/5
Static Strength 3.62/5
Control Precision 3.5/5
Trunk Strength 3.5/5
Near Vision 3.5/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.38/5
Finger Dexterity 3.38/5

Technologies & Tools

Enterprise resource planning ERP software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word SAP software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.44/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Cautiousness (High importance: 4.04/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 3.55/5)
  • Achievement Orientation (High importance: 3.5/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

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