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Job Conditions

Learn about the most important job conditions for Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Importance*More Info
1.Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment100
2.Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls98
3.Importance of Being Exact or Accurate94
4.Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable92
5.Exposed to Hazardous Equipment91
6.Spend Time Standing88
7.Contact With Others78
8.Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions74
Exposed to Contaminants74
10.Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment72
* Importance out of 100

Job Condition Scores

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment
How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or live jackets?
100
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls
How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
98
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
94
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?
92
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
91
Spend Time Standing
How much does this job require standing?
88
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?
78
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
74
Exposed to Contaminants
How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
74
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.)
72