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	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	Maintenance Workers, Machinery	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
SUMMARY	79% High Risk	38% Low Risk	53% Moderate Risk	63% High Risk	73% High Risk	74% High Risk
JOB SCORE	2.6/10	5.2/10	4.0/10	2.7/10	2.9/10	2.7/10
POLLING	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	38% (Low Risk, Based on 94 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 26 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	66% (High Risk, Based on 53 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-2.5%	1.2%	-2.8%	-10.7%	-4.3%	0.0%
WAGES	$46,890 or $22.54 per hour	$71,190 or $34.22 per hour	$60,500 or $29.08 per hour	$49,970 or $24.02 per hour	$49,500 or $23.80 per hour	$47,460 or $22.82 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	28,550	685,140	56,540	176,950	54,200	591,180
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DESCRIPTION	Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.	Directly 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. Excludes team or work leaders.	Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.	Operate computer-controlled tools, machines, or robots to machine or process parts, tools, or other work pieces made of metal, plastic, wood, stone, or other materials. May also set up and maintain equipment.	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.	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.

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