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	Team Assemblers	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
SUMMARY	77% High Risk	41% Moderate Risk	38% Low Risk	42% Moderate Risk	63% High Risk	67% High Risk
JOB SCORE	2.2/10	6.4/10	5.2/10	3.0/10	2.7/10	2.4/10
POLLING	89% (Imminent Risk, Based on 85 votes)	36% (Low Risk, Based on 66 votes)	54% (Moderate Risk, Based on 29 votes)	53% (Moderate Risk, Based on 17 votes)	50% (Moderate Risk, Based on 26 votes)	75% (High Risk, Based on 61 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	-0.1%	16.1%	1.2%	-14.5%	-10.7%	-1.8%
WAGES	$42,210 or $20.29 per hour	$63,760 or $30.65 per hour	$71,190 or $34.22 per hour	$61,680 or $29.65 per hour	$49,970 or $24.02 per hour	$57,770 or $27.77 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	1,457,800	421,940	685,140	32,890	176,950	385,000
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DESCRIPTION	Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team assemblers can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them, rather than being assigned to a specific task on a permanent basis. May participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.	Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.	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.	Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.	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.	Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.

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