Skilled Trades
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.
Median salary
$48,630
Typical range
$37k – $68k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Entry / Junior
$37,090
~2 yrs to advance
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Established
$48,630
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Senior
$58,065
Key skills
A typical day
- •Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
- •Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
- •Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
- •Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
- •Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
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