According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form filaments from synthetic materials such as rayon, fiberglass, or liquid polymers. | 85% |
| Press buttons to stop machines when processes are complete or when malfunctions are detected. | 85% |
| Notify other workers of defects, and direct them to adjust extruding and forming machines. | 85% |
| Observe flow of finish across finish rollers, and turn valves to adjust flow to specifications. | 85% |
| Observe machine operations, control boards, and gauges to detect malfunctions such as clogged bushings and defective binder applicators. | 83% |
| Remove polymer deposits from spinnerettes and equipment, using silicone spray, brass chisels, and bronze-wool pads. | 80% |
| Load materials into extruding and forming machines, using hand tools, and adjust feed mechanisms to set feed rates. | 80% |
| Press metering-pump buttons and turn valves to stop flow of polymers. | 78% |
| Record operational data on tags, and attach tags to machines. | 78% |
| Move controls to activate and adjust extruding and forming machines. | 78% |
| Turn rheostats to obtain specified temperatures in electric furnaces where glass is melted. | 78% |
| Start metering pumps and observe operation of machines and equipment to ensure continuous flow of filaments extruded through spinnerettes and to detect processing defects. | 78% |
| Remove excess, entangled, or completed filaments from machines, using hand tools. | 77% |
| Record details of machine malfunctions. | 76% |
| Wipe finish rollers with cloths and wash finish trays with water when necessary. | 76% |
| Turn petcocks to adjust the flow of binding fluid to sleeves. | 74% |
| Clean and maintain extruding and forming machines, using hand tools. | 73% |
| Lower pans inside cabinets to catch molten filaments until flow of polymer through packs has stopped. | 72% |
| Open cabinet doors to cut multifilament threadlines away from guides, using scissors. | 65% |
| Pull extruded fiberglass filaments over sleeves where binding solution is applied, and into grooves of graphite shoes that bind filaments into single strands of sliver. | 65% |
| Pass sliver strands through openings in floors to workers on floors below who wind slivers onto tubes. | 45% |
