Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders

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Job Outlook:
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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.
64% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
58% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
57% Social Orientation  -  Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
55% Concern for Others  -  Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
54% Leadership  -  Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

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.
56% Relationships  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.

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% Static Strength  -  The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
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.
63% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
63% Control Precision  -  The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
63% Trunk Strength  -  The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
60% Problem Sensitivity  -  The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
60% Finger Dexterity  -  The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.
60% Rate Control  -  The ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
56% Perceptual Speed  -  The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
56% Multilimb Coordination  -  The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
56% Extent Flexibility  -  The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
56% Reaction Time  -  The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
56% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
53% Information Ordering  -  The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
53% Visualization  -  The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
53% Selective Attention  -  The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
53% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
53% Written Comprehension  -  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
53% Stamina  -  The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
53% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
53% Category Flexibility  -  The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

57% Operations Monitoring  -  Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
54% Operation and Control  -  Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

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.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

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% Consequence of Error  -  How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable?
71% Responsible for Others' Health and Safety  -  How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job?
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?
58% Structured versus Unstructured Work  -  To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals?
57% Letters and Memos  -  How often does the job require written letters and memos?
57% Coordinate or Lead Others  -  How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job?
56% Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body  -  How much does this job require bending or twisting your body?
65% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
A3 Your Strengths Importance

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.
62% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
62% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
62% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
61% Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment  -  Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
60% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
59% Training and Teaching Others  -  Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
56% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
53% Developing and Building Teams  -  Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
51% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

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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