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9517 – Other Products Machine Operators
This unit group includes all machine operators, not elsewhere classified, who operate machines to cut, press, stamp, mould, treat, finish or otherwise fabricate components or products, such as jewellery, buttons, pencils, crayons, non-prescription lenses, brushes, notions and other miscellaneous products. They are employed by a wide variety of manufacturing companies.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Abrasive belt cutter
- Abrasive wheel binder
- Acoustic tile surfacer
- Adhesive bandage machine tender
- Adjuster, watch balance wheel
- Annealer, jewellery
- Anvil-seating press tender
- Artificial turf maker
- Asphalt roofing slitter operator
- Assembly press operator
- Assembly press set-up operator
- Attacher, heels
- Automated sphere-polishing machine operator
- Automatic lathe operator - clock
- Ball maker, billiards
- Baseball centre winder
- Belt-maker operator
- Beveller, hand lenses - non-prescription
- Billiard ball maker
- Bonder operator, luggage shell
- Bottle cap seal machine setter
- Bottle cap seal machine tender
- Box blank machine operator
- Box-end-stapling machine tender
- Box-sealing machine operator
- Breaster, heels - footwear manufacturing
- Broom-stitching machine operator
- Broomcorn dyer
- Brush maker operator
- Brush maker, twisted wires
- Brush making machine operator
- Brush-making machine operator, rotary
- Buffing machine set-up operator, flatware
- Burnisher operator - footwear manufacturing
- Burnishing machine operator - footwear manufacturing
- Button designer and sample maker
- Button finisher
- Button machine operator
- Button machine setter
- Button maker
- Button press operator
- Button-covering machine setter
- Button-moulder operator
- Carpet tape machine tender
- Cartridge-filler operator
- Cartridge-loader machine operator
- Caster, ornamental designs
- Centre winder, baseballs
- Channeler - footwear manufacturing
- Cleaner, jewellery
- Cleaning machine tender, ultrasonic
- Coater operator, optical mirrors
- Coater, optical elements - non-prescription
- Collar and belt turner
- Covered button maker
- Crayon making machine tender
- Creaser - garment and fabric
- Crimping machine tender - leather products manufacturing
- Cutlery maker
- Cutlery maker operator
- Cutter operator - other products manufacturing
- Cutting machine
- Cutting machine tender - textile products manufacturing
- Doll hairstylist
- Drapery pleater, machine
- Driller, optical goods - non-prescription
- Edge grinder, watch crystals
- Edger, hand lenses - non-prescription
- Edger, precision optical lenses - non-prescription
- Embossing machine operator - footwear
- Engraver, machine - manufacturing
- Engraving machine operator
- Epoxy-pouring machine operator
- Etcher, optical glasses
- Eyeglass frame polisher
- Eyeglass lenses edger tender - non-prescription
- Eyelet-punching machine tender
- Fancy wire drawer - jewellery manufacturing
- Fastener, shoe parts
- Feeder, optical lens edger - non-prescription
- Fibre strap machine tender
- Filigree finisher
- Filigree wire drawer - jewellery manufacturing
- Finisher, filigree
- Finisher, jewellery wire
- Fish net making machine operator
- Fish-net-making machine tender
- Fitter, heel seats
- Flag-making machine operator
- Flat optical element maker - non-prescription
- Flatware-buffing machine set-up operator
- Foiling machine tender
- Folding machine operator - garment manufacturing
- Footwear parts trimmer - footwear manufacturing
- Foxer - footwear
- Gauze pad machine tender
- Grinder, precision optical lenses - non-prescription
- Grinder, watch crystal edges
- Hair-rooting machine operator - toy manufacturing
- Hairstylist, dolls
- Hand lens beveller - non-prescription
- Hand lens edger - non-prescription
- Handle and vent machine tender
- Hat and cap eyelet machine operator
- Hat cone former - hat manufacturing
- Hat crown and brim former - hat manufacturing
- Hat presser, machine - hat manufacturing
- Hat-brim-flexing machine tender - hat manufacturing
- Hat-greasing machine tender - hat manufacturing
- Hat-pouncing machine tender - hat manufacturing
- Hatmaking machine operator
- Head maker, paintbrushes
- Heading machine tender
- Heel attacher
- Heel breaster
- Heel maker
- Heel seat fitter
- Heel-trimming machine operator - footwear manufacturing
- Hollowware-buffing machine tender
- Honer, safety razor blades
- Ice chip maker tender
- Ice machine tender
- Ice maker
- Ice-cutting machine tender
- Inflated ball moulder
- Inker, ribbons
- Insole tape machine operator
- Insole-moulding machine operator
- Insole-moulding machine tender
- Insole-tacking machine operator
- Insulating panel maker
- Insulating tube winder
- Insulation batt cutter operator
- Jewellery annealer
- Jewellery cleaner
- Jewellery strip roller
- Jewellery wire finisher
- Jewellery-soldering machine tender
- Knurling machine operator, pen and pencil
- Label-cutting machine tender
- Laster - footwear manufacturing (except rubber)
- Leather riveter - footwear manufacturing
- Lens edger feeder - non-prescription
- Lens edger tender - non-prescription
- Lens-grinding machine tender - non-prescription
- Lens-polisher operator - non-prescription
- Lens-polishing machine operator - non-prescription
- Lens-silverer operator - non-prescription
- Lens-silvering machine operator - non-prescription
- Lensometer operator - non-prescription
- Luggage shell bonder operator
- Machine drapery pleater
- Machine engraver - manufacturing
- Machine heel maker
- Machine pleater, draperies
- Machine skiver - leather products manufacturing
- Moulder, inflatable balls
- Moulder, seamless balls
- Moulder, sports balls
- Moulding machine tender, soles - footwear manufacturing
- Moulding press operator, sports balls
- Mounter, hollowware
- Nailer - footwear manufacturing
- Nibbling machine operator - jewellery manufacturing
- Operator, button machine
- Operator, embossing machine - footwear manufacturing
- Operator, engraving machine
- Operator, epoxy-pouring machine
- Operator, hair-rooting machine - toy manufacturing
- Operator, hatmaking machine
- Operator, pill-coating machine
- Operator, prism maker
- Operator, profile saw - jewellery manufacturing
- Operator, skate press
- Operator, tennis ball maker
- Optical element coater - non-prescription
- Optical glass etcher (non-prescription)
- Optical instrument driller - non-prescription
- Optical lens edger, precision - non-prescription
- Optical lens grinder, precision - non-prescription
- Optical lens polisher, precision - non-prescription
- Optical mirror coater operator
- Ornament setter
- Ornamental design caster
- Paint roller cover trimmer
- Paintbrush-head maker
- Parts trimmer, footwear - footwear manufacturing
- Pellet press operator - explosives manufacturing
- Pellet press tender
- Pen-and-pencil-knurling machine operator
- Pencil maker operator
- Pencil maker tender
- Pencil-eraser maker tender
- Pencil-eraser-making machine tender
- Pencil-making machine operator
- Pencil-making machine setter
- Pencil-making machine tender
- Pencil-pointing machine tender
- Permanent press sprayer machine
- Permanent press sprayer tender - garment and fabric products manufacturing
- Pill machine operator
- Pill maker operator
- Pill-coating machine operator
- Pleating machine tender - garment manufacturing
- Polisher, eyeglass frames
- Polisher, precision optical lenses - non-prescription
- Polisher, spectacle frames
- Pouncer - hat manufacturing
- Power screwdriver operator
- Precision lens edger - non-prescription
- Precision lens grinder - non-prescription
- Precision lens polisher - non-prescription
- Press operator, skates
- Press tender, pellets - explosives manufacturing
- Primer-inserting machine tender
- Prism maker
- Prism maker operator
- Profile saw operator - jewellery
- Profile trimmer - jewellery
- Ribbon inker
- Ribbon winder
- Ribbon-looping machine tender
- Rotary brush-making machine operator
- Safety razor blade honer
- Safety razor blade maker
- Seamless ball moulder
- Set-up operator, bottle cap seal machine
- Set-up operator, flatware-buffing machine
- Setter, button machine
- Setter, button-covering machine
- Setter, ornaments
- Setter, pencil maker
- Shoe parts fastener
- Shoe-trimming machine operator - footwear manufacturing
- Shoelace-tipping machine tender
- Silverware buffer
- Sizing machine operator - fabric
- Skate maker
- Skate press operator
- Ski maker
- Skiver, machine - leather products
- Slide fastener chain machine tender
- Slide fastener machine operator
- Slide fastener machine tender (except plastic products)
- Slide-fastener-cutting machine operator
- Slitter operator, asphalt roofing materials
- Slitter tender, knit tubing
- Sole-moulding machine operator - footwear manufacturing
- Sole-moulding machine tender - footwear manufacturing
- Spectacle frame polisher
- Sports ball moulder
- Sports ball moulder press operator
- Sprayer tender, permanent press - garment and fabric products manufacturing
- Staking machine tender
- Stamp pad maker
- Stapling machine tender
- Stapling machine tender, box ends
- Sterilizer operator - surgical equipment manufacturing
- Stringing machine feeder
- Stuffing machine operator
- Stuffing machine tender
- Stuffing machine tender - toys
- Surfacer, acoustical tiles
- Suture material winder
- Tablet maker
- Tablet-coating machine operator
- Tablet-making machine tender
- Tacker - footwear manufacturing
- Tender, chip ice maker
- Tender, crimping machine - leather products manufacturing
- Tender, cutting machine - textile products manufacturing
- Tender, eyelet-punching machine
- Tender, fibre strap machine
- Tender, foiling machine - explosives manufacturing
- Tender, handle and vent machine - mattress manufacturing
- Tender, hat-brim-flexing machine - hat manufacturing
- Tender, ice-cutting machine
- Tender, label-cutting machine - garment and fabric products manufacturing
- Tender, pleating machine - garment manufacturing
- Tender, primer-inserting machine - explosives manufacturing
- Tender, ribbon-looping machine
- Tender, shoelace-tipping machine
- Tender, sole-moulding machine - footwear manufacturing
- Tender, twisting machine
- Tender, ultrasonic cleaning machine
- Tender, winding machine - other products manufacturing
- Tennis ball maker operator
- Tennis ball maker tender
- Textile-bags-turner operator
- Tinsel maker operator
- Toothbrush maker operator
- Toy-stuffing machine operator
- Tracer-bullet-loading machine operator
- Trimmer, footwear parts - footwear manufacturing
- Trimmer, paint roller covers
- Trimming machine operator, shoes - footwear manufacturing
- Tube-cutting machine tender
- Turning machine operator, textile bags
- Twisted wire brush maker
- Twisting machine tender
- Ultrasonic cleaning machine tender
- Watch balance wheel adjuster
- Watch crystal edge grinder
- Waterproofer
- Wet suit maker
- Winder, insulating tubes
- Winder, ribbons
- Winder, suture material
- Winding machine tender - other products manufacturing
- Window blind mounter
- Window shade mounter
- Wire drawer, filigree - jewellery manufacturing
- Zipper chain machine tender
- Zipper machine operator
- Zipper machine tender (except plastic products)
- Zipper-cutting machine operator
- Brush making machine operator
- Button machine operator
- Crayon making machine tender
- Jewellery annealer
- Prism maker operator
- Skate press operator
- Sports ball moulder
- Stuffing machine tender
- Tennis ball maker operator
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 machines which cut, press, stamp, mould, treat, finish or otherwise fabricate components or products
- Load supplies into hoppers of dispensing units or manually align, feed or otherwise place materials into machines
- Monitor machines for proper operation watching for jammed materials, defective units or other irregularities
- Clean work stations, removing scraps, dust, shavings or other by-products from machinery and surrounding areas
- May make routine changes of dies, nozzles or other machinery attachments as required.
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.
Exclusions
- Other Assemblers and Inspectors (9498)
- Supervisors of machine operators in this unit group (in 9227 Supervisors, Other Products Manufacturing and Assembly)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 95 – Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers
- Minor group
- 951 – Machining, Metalworking, Woodworking and Related Machine Operators
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0