Careers / Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
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Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Read the job order, clamp the workpiece to the table, zero the reference point, run the bore, mic it with a caliper, find it's two thou off, adjust the feed rate, run it again, change a worn drill bit, repeat for eight hours.

Median$47k
Jobs in U.S.5k
10-yr outlook-19.6%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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Careers / Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Career · Trades family

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Read the job order, clamp the workpiece to the table, zero the reference point, run the bore, mic it with a caliper, find it's two thou off, adjust the feed rate, run it again, change a worn drill bit, repeat for eight hours.

Median$47k
Jobs in U.S.5k
10-yr outlook-19.6%
Entry ed.High school diploma or equivalent
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  • Pay over the career, entry to senior
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