Metal and Plastic Processing Workers Metal and Plastic Processing Workers Metal and plastic processing workers create steel and plastic products. These workers operate machines that create the products. The workers can be separated into two groups the people that set up machines and those that tend the machines. Set-up workers prepare the machines for making the product.
Operators check the machine during production.
They may load or unload the machine or make minor adjustments. The type of machine that they operate is how operators and set up workers are named. Metalworking machine setters and operators set-up and tend machines that cut and form all types of metal parts. The set-up workers create a plan for production. They follow blueprints, layout and other instructions.