Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender resume example

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

• Extruder Operator
• Extrusion Operator
• Machine Operator
• Press Operator
• Glass Forming Crew Member
• Tuber Operator
• Abrasive Wheel Molder
• Air Bag Curer
• Alfalfa Dehydrator Operator
• Arch Cushion Press Operator
• Artificial Log Machine Operator
• Auger Press Operator
• Automatic Lump Making Machine Tender
• Bag Bailer
• Bag Builder
• Bailer
• Bailing Machine Operator
• Baler

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

• 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.
• Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards.
• Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
• Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines.
• Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow.
• Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses.
• Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes.
• Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks.

26 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

• Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Production scheduling software
• SAP software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

• Air hoses
• Blow torches
• Burners
• Compacting machines
• Computer numerically controlled CNC Extruders
• Core cutters
• Digital bench scales
• Digital calipers
• Digital micrometers
• Film winders
• Forming machines
• Glass forming machines

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

1. 01Operation and Control
2. 02Operations Monitoring
3. 03Monitoring
4. 04Speaking
5. 05Active Listening
6. 06Critical Thinking
7. 07Quality Control Analysis
8. 08Reading Comprehension
9. 09Troubleshooting

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

• Production and Processing
• Mechanical
• Computers and Electronics

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

• 78%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
• 9%Post-Secondary Certificate, awarded for training completed after high school
• 8%Some College Courses

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Some Preparation Needed”. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.

Common questions

What does a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender do?

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics. Day to day that includes work like adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients and Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment.

What skills should a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender put on a resume?

O*NET rates Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Speaking, and Active Listening among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Enterprise resource planning ERP software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Word. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender work?

O*NET records 40 titles for this occupation, including Extruder Operator, Extrusion Operator, Machine Operator, and Press Operator. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 78% reported their level of education as "High School Diploma, or the equivalent". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tender role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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