Work
Performed
Worker Requirements
Sample Occupations
Related
Clusters
| CAREER CLUSTER BRIEF |
MACHINE OPERATING |
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CAREER AREA - ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY |
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| Work activities in this group primarily involve starting, stopping, controlling, and adjusting the progress of machines and equipment. Typically, involvement is with one kind of machine and includes setting up the machine; observing its functioning; making necessary adjustments to regulate such factors as temperature, pressure, flow of liquids, and reactions of materials; and making minor repairs to the machine. The work most frequently involves machines used to process materials and make products, and activities may then include removing the materials or products from the machine and verifying their accuracy with measuring devices and gauges. |
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Worker Requirements |
| Ability to understand the functional nature of machines and to visualize the relationship of parts; the ability to perceive differences in shapes, textures, and surfaces; manual and finger dexterity; the ability to coordinate movement of eyes, hands, and feet; and the intelligence to understand and follow written and oral instructions. |
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Sample Occupations |
| Welding Machine Operator |
| Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator |
| Stationary engineer |
| Printing Press Operator |
| Metalworking and Plastics-Working Machine Operator |
| Electric Power Generating Plant Operator |
| Bindery Worker |
| Textile Machinery Operator |
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| Data Processing and Typesetting |
| Machine Setting Up |
| Machine Driving |
| Photographic Machine Operation |
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