Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.
<ul><li>Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.</li><li>Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.</li><li>Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.</li><li>Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.</li><li>Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.</li><li>Change dies on extruding machines according to production line changes.</li><li>Clean work areas.</li><li>Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.</li></ul>