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Machinery Operation

• Machine operators run high-speed machine tools such as drill presses, lathes, milling machines, boring machines, and precision grinding machines used to mass-produce metal and plastic parts.
• They may have more specific job titles, according to the type of machines with which they work. For example, they may be called "drill press operators" or "turret lathe operators."
• Automated machinery increasingly requires machine operators to rotate between different machines.
• Machine operators work in factories that produce metal and plastic products, machinery of various kinds, and transportation equipment.
• They may work levers, buttons, or foot pedals to bring the cutting tool or drill bit to the stock. Operators tend their machine tools and make minor adjustments when necessary. Machine operators and tenders also operate injection-molding machines that make plastic parts and products.