51-2099 Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
All assemblers and fabricators not listed separately.
Illustrative Examples: Barrel Raiser; Automobile Assembler,
except engines; Doll Maker
51-3011 Bakers
Mix and bake ingredients according to recipes to pro-duce
breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other
baked goods. Include pastry chefs in restaurants and
hotels with “Chefs and Head Cooks” (35-1011).
Illustrative Examples: Cake Maker; Head Baker; Pastry
Finisher
51-3021 Butchers and Meat Cutters
Cut, trim, or prepare consumer-sized portions of meat
for use or sale in retail establishments.
Illustrative Examples: Carver; Meat Department Manager;
Cleaver
51-3022 Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and
Trimmers
Use hand tools to perform routine cutting and trim-ming
of meat, poultry, and fi sh.
Illustrative Examples: Calf Skinner; Eviscerator; Filleter
51-3023 Slaughterers and Meat Packers
Work in slaughtering, meat packing, or wholesale es-tablishments
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. Exclude “Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and
Trimmers” (51-3022) who perform routine, lower-skilled
meat cutting.
Illustrative Examples: Hog Sticker; Shactor; Beef Splitter
51-3091 Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and
Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or
drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers,
roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
Illustrative Examples: Coffee Roaster; Smokehouse Worker;
Curing Room Worker
51-3092 Food Batchmakers
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends in-gredients
used in the manufacturing of food products.
Include candy makers and cheese makers.
Illustrative Examples: Candy Maker; Honey Blender;
Peanut Butter Maker
51-3093 Food Cooking Machine Operators and
Tenders
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam
cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers,
kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products. Exclude
“Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Ma-chine
Operators and Tenders” (51-3091).
Illustrative Examples: Doughnut Maker; Sausage Cooker;
Potato Chip Fryer
51-4011 Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Opera-tors,
Metal and Plastic
Operate computer-controlled machines or robots to
perform one or more machine functions on metal or
plastic work pieces.
Illustrative Examples: Numerical Control Machine Opera-tor;
Robot Operator
51-4012 Numerical Tool and Process Control
Programmers
Develop programs to control machining or processing
of parts by automatic machine tools, equipment, or
systems.
Illustrative Examples: Tool Programmer; NC Programmer
51-4021 Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw
thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses,
wire, bars, or structural shapes.
Illustrative Examples: Draw Bench Operator; Tube Drawer;
Wire Drawing Setter
51-4022 Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper,
shape, or form metal or plastic parts.
Illustrative Examples: Cold Header Operator; Swager
Operator; Drop Hammer Operator
51-4023 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 fl atten,
temper, or reduce gauge of material.
Illustrative Examples: Forming Roll Operator; Rolling Mill
Operator; Tubing Machine Operator
51-4031 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Set-ters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear,
slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or
plastic material.
Illustrative Examples: Perforator Operator; Crimping
Machine Operator; Four Slide Machine Setter
51-4032 Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore,
ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.
Illustrative Examples: Drill Press Operator; Jewel Cupping
Machine Operator; Reaming Press Operator
51-4033 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffi ng
Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal
and Plastic
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.
Illustrative Examples: Barrel Polisher; Jewel Bearing Facer;
Metal Filer
51-4034 Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to
turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materi-als,
such as wire, rod, or bar stock.
Illustrative Examples: Gear Cutter; Screw Machine Opera-tor;
Threading Machine Setter
51-4035 Milling and Planing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines
to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profi le metal or plastic
work pieces.
Illustrative Examples: Broaching Machine Operator;
Profi ler Operator; Scribing Machine Operator
51-4041 Machinists
Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to
produce precision parts and instruments. Include
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.
Illustrative Examples: Electrical Instrument Maker;
Machine Fitter
51-4051 Metal-Refi ning Furnace Operators
and Tenders
(Smelter) Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil,
coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or
oxygen furnaces, to melt and refi ne metal before cast-ing
or to produce specifi ed types of steel. Exclude “Heat
Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
Metal and Plastic” (51-4191).
Illustrative Examples: Blast Furnace Blower; Bessemer
Regulator
51-4052 Pourers and Casters, Metal
Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and
regulate the fl ow of molten metal into molds to pro-duce
castings or ingots.
Illustrative Examples: Ingot Header; Ladle Operator; Steel
Pourer
51-4061 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
(Template Maker) Set up and operate machines, such
as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig bor-ers
to make working models of metal or plastic objects.
Include template makers.
Illustrative Examples: Jig and Fixture Builder; Mandrel
Maker; Mock Up Maker
51-4062 Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Lay out, machine, fi t, and assemble castings and parts
to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or
match plates.
Illustrative Examples: Pattern Fitter; Stencil Cutter
51-4071 Foundry Mold and Coremakers
Make or form wax or sand cores or molds used in the
production of metal castings in foundries.
Illustrative Examples: Core Setter; Mold Closer; Dry Sand
Molder
51-4072 Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Ma-chine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and
Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, cast-ing,
or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or
thermoplastic parts or products.
Illustrative Examples: Centrifugal Casting Machine Opera-tor;
Injection Molding Machine Setter; Core Mounter
51-4081 Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting
or forming machine tool or robot.
Illustrative Examples: Machine Tool Operator; Combi-nation
Machine Tool Setter; Metal and Plastic Transfer
Machine Operator
51-4111 Tool and Die Makers
Analyze specifi cations, lay out metal stock, set up and
operate machine tools, and fi t and assemble parts
to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fi xtures,
gauges, and machinists’ hand tools.
Illustrative Examples: Die Sinker; Die Finisher; Sawsmith
51-4121 Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Use hand-welding, fl ame-cutting, hand soldering, or
brazing equipment to weld or join metal components
or to fi ll holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated
metal products.
Illustrative Examples: Acetylene Burner; Arc Welder; Blow
Torch Operator
51-4122 Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine
Setters, Operators, and Tenders
(Laser Cutter Machine Operator) Set up, operate, or
tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots
that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products,
components, or assemblies. Include workers who oper-ate
laser cutters or laser-beam machines.
Illustrative Examples: Electron Beam Welder Setter; Laser-
Beam Machine Operator; Ultrasonic Welding Machine
Operator
51-4191 Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Opera-tors,
and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as
heat-treating furnaces, fl ame-hardening machines,
induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equip-ment
to temper, harden, anneal, or heat-treat metal or
plastic objects.
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