Careers / Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Pull the production order, load sheet metal into the punch press, dial in the feed rate, run a first-piece inspection with calipers, catch a burr problem before it becomes 500 bad parts, log the run data, and sweep your station at shift end.

Median$46k
Jobs in U.S.174k
10-yr outlook-12.1%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Careers / Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Career · Trades family

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Pull the production order, load sheet metal into the punch press, dial in the feed rate, run a first-piece inspection with calipers, catch a burr problem before it becomes 500 bad parts, log the run data, and sweep your station at shift end.

Median$46k
Jobs in U.S.174k
10-yr outlook-12.1%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Get the full brief.

One free Google sign-in unlocks the full data sheet. No paywall, no ads, no affiliates.

  • Pay over the career, entry to senior
  • A real day in the life, start to finish
  • Real employers from the last 12 months
  • Related careers worth comparing

Email magic-link sign-in is coming next. For now Google handles the auth — we never see your password and we never ask for your age.