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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Also called: Extruder Operator, Extrusion Operator, Machine Operator, Press Operator

What They 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.

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