Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
Task
Occupations performing this task
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- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
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- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Machinists
- Patternmakers, Wood
- Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Potters, Manufacturing
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
- Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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Source: O*NET database (task_statements)
