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9418 – Other metal products machine operators
This unit group includes metal products machine operators, not elsewhere classified, who operate one or more automatic or multi-purpose machines to produce a variety of metal parts and products, such as wire mesh, nails, bolts and chains. They are employed by a wide variety of metal products manufacturing companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Asbestos wire finisher
- Assembler and tester, wire cables
- Assembler, wire mesh gates
- Automatic bolt machine operator
- Automatic coil machine operator
- Automatic coiling machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Automatic machine polisher, metal
- Axle cutter
- Barbed wire machine tender
- Basket maker, wire
- Beading machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Bench loom wire weaver
- Bolt header operator
- Bolt machine operator
- Bolt maker
- Braider tender
- Braiding machine tender - wire products manufacturing
- Buckshot swage operator
- Bullet cutter and former
- Bullet maker
- Bullet shaper, machine - metal products manufacturing
- Bullet-shaping machine tender
- Bullet-swaging machine adjuster
- Bullet-swaging machine setter - metal products manufacturing
- Bunching machine operator
- Cable armourer
- Cable insulator
- Cable maker, metal
- Cable-braiding machine operator
- Cage maker - wire products manufacturing
- Can inspector - metal products manufacturing
- Can machine operator
- Can machine setter
- Can-forming machine operator
- Can-making machine operator
- Can-making machine setter
- Carbide press tender
- Cartridge primers drop tester
- Chain inspector
- Chain maker, machine
- Chain tester
- Chain tester, machine
- Chain-link fence machine operator
- Chain-making machine feeder
- Chain-making machine operator
- Chain-making machine tender
- Chain-testing machine tender
- Chamfering and boring machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Chamfering machine tender
- Chandelier maker
- Coil machine operator
- Coil spring machine tender
- Coil-rewind machine tender
- Coiler - metal products manufacturing
- Coiler, hot-wound springs
- Coiler, springs
- Coiler, valve springs
- Coiling machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Crimping machine feeder - wire products manufacturing
- Crimping machine operator, wires
- Cutter and former, bullets - metal products manufacturing
- Cutter, nut disks
- Cylinder roll fabricator
- Drop tester, cartridge primers
- Embossing machine tender - explosives manufacturing
- Extruder operator, welding rods
- Extruder tender, welding rods
- Feeder, knurling machine
- Fence-making machine operator, wire mesh
- Finisher, asbestos-covered wires
- Fixture maker, plating equipment
- Foil rewinder
- Former, metal nuts
- Former, wire screens
- Frame machine operator, tents
- Grid machine job setter
- Header machine operator - metal
- Hoop-making machine operator
- Hoop-punching and hoop-coiling machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Hoop-riveting machine operator
- Hot-wound spring coiler
- Industrial knitting needle machine feeder
- Industrial needle machine set-up operator
- Industrial needle machine setter-operator
- Industrial needle maker
- Inspector, cans - metal products manufacturing
- Inspector, chains
- Inspector, springs
- Inspector, tin can
- Insulation machine operator
- Insulator, cables
- Knife blade polisher
- Knitter, wire mesh
- Knurling machine feeder
- Lampshade frame maker, wire
- Lattice weaver, wire
- Link wire machine set-up operator
- Link wire machine tender
- Loom setter, wire weaving
- Loom setter, wires
- Machine assembler, springs
- Machine chain maker
- Machine cutter, metal pipes
- Machine tender, nuts and bolts
- Metal awning machine operator
- Metal blade sharpener operator
- Metal cable machine operator
- Metal cable maker
- Metal cable maker operator
- Metal cable stretcher and tester
- Metal floor lamp maker
- Metal nut former
- Metal nut maker
- Metal pin maker
- Metal pipe cutter machine operator
- Metal pipe cutter operator
- Metal pipe cutter, machine
- Metal polisher, automatic machine
- Metal products manufacturing machine operator
- Metal screened door and window maker
- Metal sponge machine tender
- Metal sponge maker
- Metal tack maker
- Metal-bonding equipment operator
- Metal-twisting machine tender
- Metalworking weaver - metal products manufacturing
- Miller, saw blades
- Nail maker
- Nail making machine set-up operator
- Nail making machine tender
- NC (numerical control) riveting machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- NC (numerically controlled) riveting machine operator - metal products manufacturing
- Nut and bolt machine tender
- Nut disk cutter
- Nut former, metal
- Nut maker, metal
- Operator, beading machine - metal products manufacturing
- Operator, bolt machine
- Operator, cable-braiding machine
- Operator, can machine
- Operator, can-making machine
- Operator, chain-link fence machine
- Operator, hoop-punching and hoop-coiling machine - metal products manufacturing
- Operator, insulation machine - metal products manufacturing
- Operator, metal pipe cutter
- Operator, metal pipe cutting machine
- Operator, metal products manufacturing machine
- Operator, polishing machine - metal products manufacturing
- Operator, spiral weaving machine - metal products manufacturing
- Operator, spring assembly machine
- Operator, spring machine
- Operator, spring-coiling machine
- Operator, spring-making machine
- Operator, spring-winding machine
- Operator, steel wool machine
- Operator, tent frame machine
- Operator, welding rod extruder
- Operator, wire bundle machine
- Operator, wire coiner
- Operator, wire loom
- Operator, wire loop machine
- Operator, wire-crimping machine
- Operator, wire-netting machine
- Pin maker - metal products
- Pin maker, metal
- Pocketed spring machine tender
- Polishing machine operator - metal products
- Reinforcing cage maker
- Reinforcing cage winding machine operator
- Rimfire cartridge-priming machine tender
- Rivet maker
- Rivet shaper
- Roll threader operator
- Rope maker, wire
- Safety pin machine set-up operator
- Saw knife miller
- Scarfer-borer - metal products manufacturing
- Scarfing and boring machine operator
- Screen maker, wire
- Scribing machine tender
- Scroll machine tender
- Serrating machine operator
- Serrating machine tender - metal products manufacturing
- Set-up operator, industrial needle machine
- Set-up operator, link wire machine
- Set-up operator, nail making machine
- Set-up operator, safety pin machine
- Set-up operator, spring machine
- Set-up operator, spring-making machine
- Set-up operator, staple machine
- Setter, can machine
- Setter, can-making machine
- Setter, grid machine
- Setter, wire loom
- Setter, wire-weaving loom
- Shadow mask shaper
- Shaker-plate tender
- Shaper, rivets
- Sharpener operator, metal blades
- Shell-case chamfering machine tender
- Sizing and trimming machine adjuster - explosives manufacturing
- Slide fastener links machine tender
- Slide fastener links maker
- Spiral weaving machine operator
- Spool winder
- Spooler - metal products manufacturing
- Spring assembler, machine
- Spring assembly machine operator
- Spring coiler
- Spring inspector
- Spring machine operator
- Spring machine set-up operator
- Spring tester
- Spring winder
- Spring-coiling machine operator
- Spring-making machine operator
- Spring-making machine set-up operator
- Spring-winding machine operator
- Staple machine set-up operator
- Steel wool machine operator
- Stranding machine operator
- Stretcher and tester, metal cables
- Stretcher and tester, wire cables
- Tack maker
- Tapping machine tender
- Tender, embossing machine - explosives manufacturing
- Tender, metal-twisting machine
- Tender, tapping machine
- Tender, welding rod extruder
- Tender, wire-pairing machine
- Tender, wire-rewinding machine
- Tent frame machine operator
- Tester, chains
- Tester, springs
- Tin can inspector
- Tinware beader
- Trim machine adjuster
- Valve spring coiler
- Valve spring winder
- Weaver - metal products manufacturing
- Weaver, wire lattices
- Weaver, wire lattices and wire meshes
- Weaver, wire netting
- Weaver, wire screens
- Weaver, wires
- Welding rod-extruder operator
- Welding rod-extruder tender
- Winder, springs
- Winder, valve springs
- Wire basket maker
- Wire bundle machine operator
- Wire cable assembler and tester
- Wire cable stretcher and tester
- Wire lampshade frame maker
- Wire lattice and wire mesh weaver
- Wire lattice weaver
- Wire loom operator
- Wire loom setter
- Wire loop machine operator
- Wire mesh fence-making machine operator
- Wire mesh gate assembler
- Wire mesh knitter
- Wire netting weaver
- Wire rewinder, machine
- Wire rope maker
- Wire rope sling and cable splicer
- Wire screen cutter and trimmer
- Wire screen former
- Wire screen maker
- Wire screen weaver
- Wire weaver
- Wire weaver, bench loom
- Wire-coiner operator
- Wire-crimping machine operator
- Wire-netting machine operator
- Wire-pairing machine tender
- Wire-rewinding machine tender
- Wire-weaving loom setter
- Wireworks weaver - metal products manufacturing
- Zipper links machine tender
- Zipper links maker
- Bolt machine operator
- Bullet maker
- Can-forming machine operator
- Chain-making machine operator
- Metal cable maker operator
- Nail making machine tender
- Spring machine operator
- Wire screen maker
- Wire weaver
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Machine operators in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
- Operate or tend automatic or multi-purpose machines including wire looms to produce metal parts and metal products such as wire screening, fencing, tinware, metal baskets, racks, hooks, metal tubing and similar articles
- Fit and assemble components using hand and power tools
- Clean, polish, file or otherwise finish products
- Check products for quality and other specifications
- May clean and lubricate machinery.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education is usually required.
- On-the-job training is provided.
- Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
- There is some mobility among machine operators in this unit group.
Exclusions
- Metalworking and forging machine operators (9416)
- Machining tool operators (9417)
- Supervisors of machine operators in this unit group (in 9226 Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 94 – Processing and manufacturing machine operators and related production workers
- Minor group
- 941 – Machine operators and related workers in mineral and metal products processing and manufacturing
- Version
- NOC 2011 Version 1.0