Interactive Demo

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   "code": "51-4021.00",
   "title": "Extruding & Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, & Tenders, Metal & Plastic",
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      },
      {
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         "summary": true
      },
      {
         "title": "Extrusion Operator",
         "summary": false
      },
      {
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      },
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      },
      {
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         "summary": false
      },
      {
         "title": "Setup Operator",
         "summary": false
      },
      {
         "title": "Wire Mill Operator",
         "summary": false
      },
      {
         "title": "Wire Mill Rover",
         "summary": false
      }
   ],
   "what_they_do": "Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.",
   "on_the_job": [
      "Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.",
      "Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.",
      "Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion."
   ],
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      "setup procedures",
      "measure product",
      "inspect equipment",
      "installation",
      "clean work area",
      "metal material",
      "set controls"
   ],
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