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	Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	Chemical Technicians	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers	Quality Control Analysts
SUMMARY	83% Imminent Risk	38% Low Risk	44% Moderate Risk	62% High Risk	70% High Risk	58% Moderate Risk
JOB SCORE	0.4/10	5.2/10	4.2/10	4.4/10	2.2/10	3.7/10
POLLING	85% (Imminent Risk, Based on 50 votes)	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	51% (Moderate Risk, Based on 79 votes)	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	There hasn't been enough votes on this occupation yet	56% (Moderate Risk, Based on 54 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-10.1%	1.2%	3.7%	3.3%	-1.1%	3.5%
WAGES	$37,320 or $17.94 per hour	$71,190 or $34.22 per hour	$57,790 or $27.78 per hour	$57,090 or $27.44 per hour	$44,980 or $21.62 per hour	$60,130 or $28.91 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	5,820	685,140	55,640	127,410	14,900	71,400
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DESCRIPTION	Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.	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.	Conduct chemical and physical laboratory tests to assist scientists in making qualitative and quantitative analyses of solids, liquids, and gaseous materials for research and development of new products or processes, quality control, maintenance of environmental standards, and other work involving experimental, theoretical, or practical application of chemistry and related sciences.	Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Equipment used includes devulcanizers, steam-jacketed kettles, and reactor vessels.	Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.	Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability sample tests.

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