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Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Arkansas

Want to work as a Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Arkansas? Here’s what the data says. Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.

What do Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Make in Arkansas?

The rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic working in Arkansas, the typical annual salary is $44,410 per year (or roughly $21.35/hour).Earnings range from $37,080 at the 10th percentile to $69,520 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$37,080	$17.83
25th percentile	$38,280	$18.40
Median (50th)	$44,410	$21.35
75th percentile	$64,940	$31.22
90th percentile	$69,520	$33.42

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Arkansas relative to the national average — is 2.22, meaning that rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic are more concentrated here than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn a median of $47,503 per year ($22.84/hour), lower than the Arkansas median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 425,674 rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in the U.S.. In Arkansas alone, approximately 420 people work in this role. That’s higher than the typical state, which employs around 370 rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.

Top States for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Employment

View the states that employ the most rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic work.

State	Number Employed
Ohio	1,990
Kentucky	1,640
Alabama	1,490
Michigan	1,410
Texas	1,410
Indiana	1,390
California	1,350
Tennessee	1,210
Pennsylvania	800
South Carolina	730
Illinois	660
Georgia	640
Virginia	600
Iowa	560
West Virginia	540
New Jersey	510
New York	510
Massachusetts	420
Arkansas	420
Washington	370

Highest-Paying States for Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Where rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic earn the most: rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic.

State	Annual Median Salary
Louisiana	$64,010
Washington	$61,520
Connecticut	$59,480
Iowa	$56,380
New Hampshire	$55,450
New York	$55,000
West Virginia	$53,840
Minnesota	$52,980
Maryland	$51,030
Indiana	$51,000

Skills

Top rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Key knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Monitor machine cycles and mill operation to detect jamming and to ensure that products conform to specifications.
• Adjust and correct machine set-ups to reduce thicknesses, reshape products, and eliminate product defects.
• Start operation of rolling and milling machines to flatten, temper, form, and reduce sheet metal sections and to produce steel strips.
• Examine, inspect, and measure raw materials and finished products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Read rolling orders, blueprints, and mill schedules to determine setup specifications, work sequences, product dimensions, and installation procedures.
• Manipulate controls and observe dial indicators to monitor, adjust, and regulate speeds of machine mechanisms.
• Set distance points between rolls, guides, meters, and stops, according to specifications.
• Calculate draft space and roll speed for each mill stand to plan rolling sequences and specified dimensions and tempers.
• Install equipment such as guides, guards, gears, cooling equipment, and rolls, using hand tools.
• Position, align, and secure arbors, spindles, coils, mandrels, dies, and slitting knives.
• Fill oil cups, adjust valves, and observe gauges to control flow of metal coolants and lubricants onto workpieces.
• Activate shears and grinders to trim workpieces.

Work Activities

• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Getting Information
• Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Training and Teaching Others
• Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Tools & Technology

Software and systems commonly involved:

• Email software (electronic mail software)
• Web browser software (internet browser software)

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Related college programs include:

• Precision Metal Working

Related Careers

Careers similar to rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic include:

• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
• Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Also Known As

Bar Finish Operator, Bar Roller, Barrel Roller, Barrel Roller Operator, Bed Operator, Brass Roller, Breakdown Coordinator, Breakdown Mill Operator, Breakdown Operator, Bulldogger, Calender Operator, Caster Operator, Coiler Operator, Cold Form Operator, Cold Headerman.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 51-4023.00