Index
Intro
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.
There is some mobility among machine operators in this unit group.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Main 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.
All 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
- coiler – metal products manufacturing
- coiler, hot-wound springs
- coiler, springs
- coiler, valve springs
- coiling machine operator – metal products manufacturing
- coil-rewind machine tender
- 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 setter-operator
- industrial needle machine set-up 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
- setter, can machine
- setter, can-making machine
- setter, grid machine
- setter, wire loom
- setter, wire-weaving loom
- 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
- 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
Exclusions
- Machining tool operators (9417)
- Metalworking and forging machine operators (9416)
- Supervisors of machine operators in this unit group (See 9226 Supervisors, other mechanical and metal products manufacturing)