How people get into Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

What it takes to do this work

We do not hold a licence requirement for this one. That usually means the route in is hiring and training rather than a classroom, but we would rather tell you we cannot see one than promise there is nothing to it.

The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders No licence we can see I do this now →	$45,290	+$3,410	Skills transfer
Packers and Packagers, Hand No licence we can see I do this now →	$37,040	+$11,660	Related work
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic No licence we can see I do this now →	$39,880	+$8,820	Related work
Food Batchmakers No licence we can see I do this now →	$40,860	+$7,840	Related work
Agricultural Equipment Operators No licence we can see I do this now →	$46,840	+$1,860	Related work
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders No licence we can see I do this now →	$46,510	+$2,190	Related work
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic No licence we can see I do this now →	$44,790	+$3,910	Related work
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic No licence we can see I do this now →	$46,640	+$2,060	Related work

Skills transfer This is scored as a strong skills match with your experience. It is a measure of overlapping skills, not a career step anyone has been observed taking.

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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