Where an extrusion machine operator can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an extrusion machine operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Extrusion machine operators set up, monitor and maintain machines which heat or melt raw materials, and pull or push the heated material through a shaped die to form it into a continuous profile with a preset cross section such as tubes, pipes and sheeting. They may also clean and maintain the equipment.
Also known as extrusion operator, extruding machine technician, metal extrusion machine operator, plastic extrusion operator, extrusion press operator, extruder operating apprentice, extruding machine operator, plastic extrusion machine operator, extrusion machine setter, extruder operating technician, extruder tender, hot extrusion machine operator.
Plant and machine operators and assemblers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: stamping press operator, 77%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An extrusion machine operator needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- extrusion processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- replace die working with machinery and specialised equipment
- dies engineering, manufacturing and construction
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- remove inadequate workpieces handling and moving
- remove processed workpiece handling and moving
- supply machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
- consult technical resources information skills
- monitor automated machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
- set up the controller of a machine working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an extrusion machine operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- metal nibbling operator 76% covered · difficulty 30.2
- metal rolling mill operator 75% covered · difficulty 31.5
- screw machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 35
- swaging machine operator 72% covered · difficulty 34.1
- drop forging hammer worker 71% covered · difficulty 36.1
- metal drawing machine operator 69% covered · difficulty 37
- straightening machine operator 69% covered · difficulty 36.8
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Extrusion machine operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an extrusion machine operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.