Skilled Trades
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.
Median salary
$45,210
Typical range
$31k – $60k
Job outlook
+1% (about average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Entry / Junior
$31,290
~2 yrs to advance
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Established
$45,210
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Senior
$52,815
Key skills
A typical day
- •Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
- •Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
- •Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
- •Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
- •Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
Fields of study
Any field
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