Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 51-2011.00
Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099.99
All assemblers and fabricators not listed separately.

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers 51-2021.00
Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.

Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 51-2022.00
Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers 51-2023.00
Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 51-2031.00
Construct, assemble, or rebuild machines, such as engines, turbines, and similar equipment used in such industries as construction, extraction, textiles, and paper manufacturing.

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 51-2091.00
Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-2041.00
Fabricate, lay out, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Team Assemblers 51-2092.00
Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Team leaders who work as part of the team should be included.

Timing Device Assemblers, Adjusters, and Calibrators 51-2093.00
Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices, such as watches, clocks, or chronometers.

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Food Processing Workers

Bakers 51-3011.00
Mix and bake ingredients according to recipes to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021.00
Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat for use or sale in retail establishments.

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 51-3091.00
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

Food Batchmakers 51-3092.00
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 51-3093.00
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022.00
Use hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and fish.

Slaughterers and Meat Packers 51-3023.00
Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale establishments performing precision functions involving the preparation of meat. Work may include specialized slaughtering tasks, cutting standard or premium cuts of meat for marketing, making sausage, or wrapping meats.

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Metal Workers and Plastic Workers

Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic 51-4011.00
Operate computer-controlled machines or robots to perform one or more machine functions on metal or plastic work pieces.

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4032.00
Set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4022.00
Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, Continued

Foundry Mold and Coremakers 51-4071.00
Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the production of metal castings in foundries.

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4033.00
Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4191.00
Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat-treat metal or plastic objects.

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4034.00
Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic 51-4192.00
Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, Continued

Machinists 51-4041.00
Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other 51-4199.99
All metalworkers and plastic workers not listed separately.

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders 51-4051.00
Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4035.00
Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 51-4061.00
Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, Continued

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072.00
Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4081.00
Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers 51-4012.00
Develop programs to control machining or processing of parts by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems.

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic 51-4062.00
Lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.

Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4193.00
Set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Includes electrolytic processes.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, Continued

Pourers and Casters, Metal 51-4052.00
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4023.00
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.

Solderers and Brazers 51-4121.07
Braze or solder together components to assemble fabricated metal parts, using soldering iron, torch, or welding machine and flux.

Tool and Die Makers 51-4111.00
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 51-4194.00
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, Continued

Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters 51-4121.06
Use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121.00
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-4122.00
Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies.

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Other Production Occupations

Cementing and Gluing Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9191.00
Operate or tend cementing and gluing machines to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9011.00
Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Equipment used includes devulcanizers, steam-jacketed kettles, and reactor vessels.

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9192.00
Operate or tend machines to wash or clean products, such as barrels or kegs, glass items, tin plate, food, pulp, coal, plastic, or rubber, to remove impurities.

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9121.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products including food, glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials.

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-9193.00
Operate or tend equipment, such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9021.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand 51-9031.00
Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass, or rubber.

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9032.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

Dental Laboratory Technicians 51-9081.00
Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances.

Etchers and Engravers 51-9194.00
Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials for identification or decorative purposes. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9041.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products, such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 51-9051.00
Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities, such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.

Gem and Diamond Workers 51-9071.06
Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.

Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers 51-9195.04
Shape molten glass according to patterns.

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-9022.00
Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Helpers—Production Workers 51-9198.00
Help production workers by performing duties of lesser skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061.00
Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

Jewelers 51-9071.01
Fabricate and repair jewelry articles. Make models or molds to create jewelry items.

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 51-9071.00
Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems. Includes diamond polishers and gem cutters and persons who perform precision casting and modeling of molds, casting metal in molds, or setting precious and semi-precious stones for jewelry and related products.

Medical Appliance Technicians 51-9082.00
Construct, fit, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices, such as braces, artificial limbs, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 51-9195.00
Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Molding and Casting Workers 51-9195.07
Perform a variety of duties such as mixing materials, assembling mold parts, filling molds, and stacking molds to mold and cast a wide range of products.

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians 51-9083.00
Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements.

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111.00
Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Painters, Transportation Equipment 51-9122.00
Operate or tend painting machines to paint surfaces of transportation equipment, such as automobiles, buses, trucks, trains, boats, and airplanes.

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 51-9123.00
Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, cakes, toys, books, or leather.

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196.00
Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.

Photographic Process Workers 51-9131.00
Perform precision work involved in photographic processing, such as editing photographic negatives and prints, using photo-mechanical, chemical, or computerized methods.

Photographic Processing Machine Operators 51-9132.00
Operate photographic processing machines, such as photographic printing machines, film developing machines, and mounting presses.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Potters, Manufacturing 51-9195.05
Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery, and stoneware products.

Precious Metal Workers 51-9071.07
Cast, anneal, solder, hammer, or shape gold, silver, pewter or other metals to form jewelry or other metal items such as goblets or candlesticks.

Production Workers, All Other 51-9199.99
All production workers not listed separately.

Semiconductor Processors 51-9141.00
Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9012.00
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.

Other Production Occupations, Continued

Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing 51-9195.03
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

Tire Builders 51-9197.00
Operate machines to build tires from rubber components.

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Plant and System Operators

Chemical Plant and System Operators 51-8091.00
Control or operate an entire chemical process or system of machines.

Gas Plant Operators 51-8092.00
Distribute or process gas for utility companies and others by controlling compressors to maintain specified pressures on main pipelines.

Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 51-8011.00
Control nuclear reactors.

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 51-8093.00
Control the operation of petroleum refining or processing units. May specialize in controlling manifold and pumping systems, gauging or testing oil in storage tanks, or regulating the flow of oil into pipelines.

Plant and System Operators, All Other 51-8099.99
All plant and system operators not listed separately.

Power Distributors and Dispatchers 51-8012.00
Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Power Plant Operators 51-8013.00
Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.

Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-8021.00
Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment, such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.

Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031.00
Operate or control an entire process or system of machines, often through the use of control boards, to transfer or treat water or liquid waste.

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Printing Workers

Bindery Workers 51-5011.00
Set up or operate binding machines that produce books and other printed materials.

Bookbinders 51-5012.00
Perform highly skilled hand finishing operations, such as grooving and lettering to bind books.

Job Printers 51-5021.00
Set type according to copy; operate press to print job order; and read proof for errors and clarity of impression, and correct imperfections. Job printers are often found in small establishments where work combines several job skills.

Prepress Technicians and Workers 51-5022.00
Set up and prepare material for printing presses.

Printing Machine Operators 51-5023.00
Set up or operate various types of printing machines, such as offset, letterset, intaglio, or gravure presses or screen printers to produce print on paper or other materials.

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Supervisors

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011.00
Supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators.

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Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 51-6091.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 51-6092.00
Draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts. May also mark and cut fabrics and apparel.

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011.00
Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, fine linens, rugs, and carpets.

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 51-6021.00
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.

Sewers, Hand 51-6051.00
Sew, join, reinforce, or finish, usually with needle and thread, a variety of manufactured items. Includes weavers and stitchers.

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, Continued

Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031.00
Operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 51-6041.00
Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles.

Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders 51-6042.00
Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 51-6052.00
Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 51-6061.00
Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, Continued

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6062.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6063.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6064.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers.

Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other 51-6099.99
All textile, apparel, and furnishings workers not listed separately.

Upholsterers 51-6093.00
Make, repair, or replace upholstery for household furniture or transportation vehicles.

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Woodworkers

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011.00
Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.

Furniture Finishers 51-7021.00
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.

Model Makers, Wood 51-7031.00
Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.

Patternmakers, Wood 51-7032.00
Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041.00
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. Includes head sawyers.

Woodworkers, All Other 51-7099.99
All woodworkers not listed separately.

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042.00
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines.

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