Machine Tool Operators Career Description Use one or more machine shop power tools that shape metal or plastic to precise dimensions. Some operate computer-controlled machines that use programmed instructions to shape the pieces being made. Economic Outlook Average. Program of Study Machine Technology. Machinists Career Description Set up, operate, and service machine tools.
Machine tools are large, power-driven machines which drill, shear, grind, or shape metal.
Economic Outlook Average. Program of Study Machinist or Machine Tool Technology. Metal Working Pattern Makers Career Description Build patterns to make molds in which metal castings are formed. Economic Outlook Declining. Millwrights Career Description Install machinery and equipment in an industrial establishment according to layout plans, blueprints, and other drawings.