Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High: $51,990.00
Average: $40,100.00
Hourly
Average: $19.28

What they do:

Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

On the job, you would:

  • Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
  • Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

87% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
80% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
74% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
73% Self-Control  -  Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
71% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
71% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
68% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
67% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
65% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
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Strengths

95% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Values of the Work Environment

67% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

66% Arm-Hand Steadiness  -  The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
66% Manual Dexterity  -  The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
66% Static Strength  -  The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

Job Details

Responsibilities
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
Exchange information with colleagues.
Load materials into production equipment.
Load materials into production equipment.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Record operational or production data.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
Conduct test runs of production equipment.
Clear equipment jams.
Align parts or workpieces to ensure proper assembly.
Monitor instruments to ensure proper production conditions.
Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
Remove products or workpieces from production equipment.
Clean production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Operate forklifts or other loaders.
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
Operate heating or drying equipment.
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Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

95% Exposed to Contaminants  -  How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
91% Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls  -  How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
90% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
90% Spend Time Standing  -  How much does this job require standing?
89% Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets  -  How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets?
86% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
80% Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable  -  How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
78% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
78% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
75% Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment  -  How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
75% Responsibility for Outcomes and Results  -  How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers?
73% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
73% Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results  -  What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer?
72% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
72% Exposed to Hazardous Equipment  -  How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
71% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
71% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
70% Spend Time Walking and Running  -  How much does this job require walking and running?
70% Physical Proximity  -  To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people?
69% Frequency of Decision Making  -  How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization?
69% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
68% Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions  -  How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
66% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
65% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
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Tasks & Values

90% Controlling Machines and Processes  -  Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
86% Handling and Moving Objects  -  Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
84% Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials  -  Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
80% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
79% Performing General Physical Activities  -  Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
78% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
76% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
75% Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People  -  Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
75% Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment  -  Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
72% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
67% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Getting Started

Education:
73%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
17%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

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