Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

The US O*NET51-6091.00 covers setting up, operating, or tending machines that extrude synthetic materials such as liquid polymers, rayon, or glass fiber into continuous filaments. Tasks include controlling equipment and feeding speed, observing control panels and gauges, identifying blockages or coating device abnormalities, recording faults and job tags, notifying relevant personnel, and cleaning and maintaining. The task set does not mean every position is responsible for all operations.

US O*NET-SOC 51-6091.00 'Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers': set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form synthetic materials (such as liquid polymers, rayon, and glass fiber) into continuous filaments.

Work context｜O*NET US respondent survey, not a Chinese position standard or accident rate. Work location｜70% indoors in a controlled environment daily, 22% weekly but not daily; specific plants are checked separately. Work conditions｜100% routine protective equipment daily, 75% noise daily, 72% contaminants daily, 54% extreme heat or cold exposure daily. Main subjects｜Continuous filaments, feed and control devices, gauges, job tags, and fault records. Working relationships｜95% face-to-face discussions daily; contact with others is 56% continuous and 32% most of the time, which does not imply a fixed collaboration position list. Tools and materials｜O*NET lists software categories such as Camstar MES/SPC, SAP, Office, and databases, which does not mean programming or a uniform certificate in every position. Hours conditions｜58% have a typical work week of more than 40 hours and 42% 40 hours; standing is 67% about half the time and 23% more than half, so continuous standing is not claimed. Record requirements｜Official tasks include fault and job tag records; editorial suggestion to verify units, batches, and sources of missing items. Safety boundaries｜Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain jurisdiction-specific equipment, occupational health, and protection rules; abnormal handling must be checked against actual procedures and authorization, and this page does not teach parameter setting or machine cleaning.

Mainly equipment setup and filament monitoring

O*NET currently shows 2025 employment of 13,500, a 2025—2035 projection, and an annual average of 1,100 openings; the exact BLS growth is -3.3%, and openings are not treated as net additions. The 2025 median is 46,350 USD/year and 22.29 USD/hour.

Verify actual specifications → Verify equipment and authority → Control per institutional procedures → Observe per duties → Record faults and tags → Hand over per process; an editorial overview only, not equipment procedures

2025 average pre-tax annual wage of urban manufacturing employees in China: non-private 113,594 yuan/year, private 76,055 yuan/year. Filament equipment operation is a manufacturing production task, so manufacturing is used as the broad industry background; it covers multiple occupations and is not this occupation's median, starting wage, take-home pay, or a city quote.

Mainly filament monitoring and quality inspection

BLS exact 51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, an official net change of -400, growth of -3.3%, and an annual average of 1,100 openings; each column is rounded independently, and the official change is not recomputed from the two endpoints. O*NET currently lists manufacturing as the main 2025 industry, and old-year industry shares are not carried over.

Verify materials and products → Verify equipment and procedures → Verify position authority → Observe per actual tasks → Record data and abnormalities → Hand over per procedure; actual steps are determined by the institution's original text

O*NET US occupational tasks and context; rules must be checked by jurisdiction and position.

Official tasks include recording machine faults and job tag data; other output, inspection, part replacement, and handover forms are checked by the specific position.

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers are often confused with adjacent positions, and the way to distinguish them is by material and process: this occupation centers on continuous filament extrusion forming of synthetic fibers and glass fibers; if the work processes metal or plastic profiles (extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic), centers on glass fiber lamination and hand lay-up molding (fiberglass laminators and fabricators), centers on chemical plant process control (chemical plant operators), or centers on inspection sampling (inspection and testing positions), it belongs to adjacent directions.

Centered on setting up equipment to specification and maintaining filament quality consistency

Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form synthetic materials into continuous filaments.

Subjects are spinnerets or dies and continuous filaments; the basis is specifications and equipment procedures

The subjects are continuous filaments and their forming machines, control devices, gauges, and job tags; actual product specifications, equipment procedures, and inspection duties must be checked separately.

The US O*NET51-6091.00 covers setting up, operating, or tending machines that extrude synthetic materials such as liquid polymers, rayon, or glass fiber into continuous filaments. Tasks include controlling equipment and feeding speed, observing control panels and gauges, identifying blockages or coating device abnormalities, recording faults and job tags, notifying relevant personnel, and cleaning and maintaining. The task set does not mean every position is responsible for all operations. The main definition does not automatically grant design, inspection, maintenance, or approval authority; adjacent occupations are distinguished by main tasks, and actual tasks may overlap.

Specification — parameters — inspection rounds — records

Verify actual specifications and authority → Control and observe → Job and fault records → Hand over per institutional procedures

Parameter and inspection round records, part replacement and abnormal records

Parameter setting and first-article records, inspection round and inspection records, and part replacement and abnormal handling records.

Operators and the crew assume this per procedure

Editorial verification: confirm the duties and authority of operators, process engineers, inspectors, maintenance, and supervisors, and do not assign uniform responsibility from the occupation name.

Abnormalities are handled per the actual institution's process and authority

When equipment or record abnormalities occur, check the actual procedures and responsible person; this page does not decide shutdown, parameter setting, machine cleaning, or release steps.

Does not constitute safe operating or quality judgment opinions

This page is occupational information and does not replace equipment procedures, safety requirements, or quality judgments, nor can individual ability or hiring conclusions be inferred from the occupation name.

Insufficient evidence: jurisdiction-specific applicable rules for equipment guarding, chemicals, noise, and occupational health examinations were not obtained; the local competent authority, the employer's original text, and individual authority must be checked. Before starting, verify item by item: material and product type (polyester, nylon, rayon, or glass fiber); process and equipment type (melt spinning, solution spinning, drawing and winding); shift and hours arrangements; protective equipment and occupational health examinations (including chemical and noise exposure); the division of quality and inspection duties; part replacement and machine cleaning processes; safety and chemical training arrangements; and the pay method (monthly salary, piece rates, or performance).

Verify materials and products

Confirm the main materials, product types, and specification ranges

Verify process and equipment

Confirm the spinning process, equipment model, and automation level

Verify shifts and hours

Confirm shift, overtime, and rotation arrangements

Verify protection and health examinations

Confirm protective equipment, chemical and noise protection, and physical examination arrangements

Verify quality duties

Confirm the division of responsibility for inspection rounds, inspection, and abnormal handling

Verify the pay method

Confirm whether pay is a monthly salary, piece rate, or performance based

Compared by main process: this occupation forms continuous filaments; 51-4021 extrudes and draws metal or thermoplastic materials; 51-2051 processes glass fiber lay-up products on molds; 51-8091 controls entire chemical processes or machine systems; 51-9061 handles inspection and testing; 51-1011 directly supervises and coordinates production operating personnel. Tasks may overlap.

The comparison verifies official main definitions only; individual transition feasibility, wages, or Chinese hiring conditions cannot be inferred from it. The preference prompts are editorial exploration, and specific training is checked against the target position.

The following occupations all relate to material forming or manufacturing, but their subjects, equipment, and processes differ; use them to help locate a direction rather than as substitutes for one another.

Centered on continuous filament extrusion forming of synthetic and glass fibers; this occupation itself is that direction

Choose this occupation if you prefer fiber spinning and filament forming; see the directions below if you prefer other forming methods

Set up and operate spinning and drawing equipment to produce continuous filaments

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers (this occupation)

Mainly extrusion and drawing of metal or plastic profiles, with different materials and products

Choose that occupation if you prefer metal or plastic profiles; choose this occupation if you prefer fiber filaments

Set up and operate extruding or drawing equipment to process tube, rod, wire, and profiles

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Mainly lay up glass fiber on molds to make products such as boat hulls or vehicle parts

Choose that occupation if you prefer laminated and molded products; choose this occupation if you prefer continuous filament production

Lay-up, resin impregnation, and curing to make glass fiber products

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators

Mainly chemical plant and process parameter control, with chemical products

Choose that occupation if you prefer process control and plant operation; choose this occupation if you prefer filament forming

Monitor and adjust the operating parameters of chemical plant equipment

Chemical plant operators

Mainly inspecting, testing, sorting, sampling, or weighing non-agricultural materials and products; testing instruments may be used

Choose that occupation if you prefer inspection and quality judgment; choose this occupation if you prefer equipment operation and process monitoring

Sample, measure, and judge products and materials per standards

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

Mainly directly supervise and coordinate production and operating personnel; excludes general team leaders or work leaders

Choose that occupation if you prefer organizing and coordinating; choose this occupation if you prefer equipment operation and inspection rounds

Schedule production, manage personnel, and be accountable for quality and safety

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Compare in this order: first the materials and products, then whether the basis is process parameter standards, plant procedures, or inspection standards.

Practitioners studying or preparing to enter the field

Before preparing to enter, verify the tasks and training conditions first, then do the FT349 tag record item; actual machine work is arranged under institutional training and authority.

Newly entered operators

Verify position authority, actual observation, and abnormal handling processes and keep records; abnormal handling is determined by the institution's original text.

Practicing operators and machine adjusters

Editorial candidate: after institutional permission and validation, explore format organization of non-sensitive records; real process and quality decisions must be checked against institutional authority.

Crew or workshop leads

Editorial suggestion: verify the real parameters and the responsibility for quality and abnormal handling processes, then verify tool permission and output validation; no occupational adoption effect was obtained, and record tasks are not predetermined as low risk.

Insufficient evidence: no AI adoption rate, measured benefit, or wage and employment causal quantity for this occupation was obtained. ILO is global potential task exposure, O*NET is an occupational description, and NIST is a voluntary framework; none proves that this occupation has already adopted it or been augmented as a whole. This page does not score tasks.

O*NET OnLine：Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers（51-6091.00）

Occupational tasks and work activities

BLS Occupational Projections and Characteristics table (2025—2035)

Employment and outlook

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)

Wage distribution and statistical definitions

ILO Working Paper 96: Generative AI and Jobs (2023)

International research on task exposure

NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)

AI risk and governance frameworks

O*NET extruding and forming machine setter, operator, and tender, synthetic and glass fibers occupational profile

Preparation level and entry point

O*NET extruding and forming machine setter, operator, and tender, synthetic and glass fibers detailed occupational information

Tools, technology, and preparation level

The following is an editorial task exploration: material preparation, equipment control observation, and records and maintenance; these are to-be-validated assistance candidates, not impacts that have already occurred in this occupation.

Non-sensitive material format organization as a to-be-validated candidate

On-site machine adjustment, part replacement, and test-run decisions

Output ledger and quality record organization can be assisted

Handling decisions for broken filaments, fuzz, and appearance abnormalities

Maintenance and part replacement reminders can be assisted

Judgment of spinneret blockages and equipment abnormalities

The following evidence cards correspond respectively to international organizations' task exposure research, official occupational materials, and governance frameworks; read them according to their own research subjects and limitations, and do not merge them into a single conclusion.

Based on a task classification method, not actual enterprise adoption or job change data

ILO Working Paper 96 (2023)

Global employment and task-level assessment of generative AI exposure

ILO WP96 assesses global occupational tasks' potential generative AI exposure and discusses in general terms the possibility that some tasks are assisted; it is not evidence of enterprise adoption, measured benefits, or inevitable overall augmentation for this occupation.

Describes occupational scope and contains no AI adoption or productivity data

O*NET OnLine（51-6091.00）

Official occupational task and work activity description

Official tasks include filament forming control, gauge observation, and fault and job tag records. Record format organization can serve as an editorial candidate; the task list does not measure AI handleability or automation rates.

Projections are based on assumptions and do not equal actual results

BLS employment projections (2025—2035)

US extruding and forming machine setter, operator, and tender, synthetic and glass fibers employment projections

BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions. This is an overall employment projection, not AI attribution; it cannot be broken down into changes caused by AI.

Wage statistics, excluding individual contract pay

O*NET NationalWages (BLS2025 exact occupation)

US extruding and forming machine setter, operator, and tender, synthetic and glass fibers (51-6091) wage distribution

The 2025 US national 10/25/50/75/90 percentile annual wages are 35,890/39,360/46,350/57,280/63,910 USD, with hourly wages of 17.26/18.92/22.29/27.54/30.73 USD; the O*NET NationalWages table presents BLS exact SOC51-6091 data. The wage distribution contains no AI causation.

Governance framework, containing no occupational or employment data

NIST AI RMF 1.0（2023）

AI system risk governance framework (voluntary adoption)

The NIST AI RMF1.0 is a voluntary risk management framework; the review and documentation suggestions on this page are editorial applications, not occupational regulations or employment evidence.

Record format or non-sensitive text organization is a to-be-validated candidate and its correctness must actually be tested; the public task description itself does not prove that generative tools can complete production tasks.

Insufficient evidence: no survey of institutional adoption rates or usage scope for this occupation was obtained; it cannot be claimed that institutions usually adopt it only for records or reminders, and authority is checked with the actual institution.

BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions. The overall projection is not AI causation; there is still no evidence of an AI job change quantity for this occupation.

Only a to-be-validated candidate for document organization can be proposed; no measured adoption, overall augmentation, or replacement conclusion for this occupation was verified.

ILO Working Paper 96 (2023); O*NET 51-6091.00 task materials

The O*NET directory lists MES/SPC, ERP, Office, and database categories; a programming threshold for all positions cannot be inferred. Actual systems and training are checked with the employer.

O*NET 51-6091.00 technical skills and preparation level

The editorial candidate is format organization of non-sensitive job tags and fault records; whether it is usable must be tested, and tool candidates are not written as impacts that have already occurred.

ILO Working Paper 96 (2023); O*NET task materials

BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions. This is an overall employment projection, not AI attribution; it does not support a job disappearance time.

BLS employment projections (2025—2035)

Record format organization and retrieval are to-be-validated assistance candidates. The real responsibility for parameters, broken filament judgment, part replacement, and abnormal handling is checked against institutional procedures, training, and authority; tool output neither grants process authority nor automatically assigns responsibility.

NIST voluntary AI risk management framework; actual process standards, quality systems, and responsibility must be checked against the institution's original text separately.

Insufficient evidence: there is no causal evidence of a year in which this occupation disappeared due to AI or of job numbers; no definite year or augmentation promise is provided.

BLS employment projections; ILO Working Paper 96

Editorial suggestion: first read the duties and training requirements and use FT349 to observe original text, length ranges, and handling of missing items; real operating capability is checked separately.

O*NET 51-6091.00; BLS employment and wage statistics

When using AI to assist with this occupation's work, confirm boundaries and responsibility in the following order:

First confirm the task scope, quality responsibility, and process parameter standards, and decide which parts may use tools.

First verify the document scope, sensitivity, tool permission, and consequences of error, then test the candidate; something is not predetermined low-risk just because it is retrieval or recording.

Record candidates must be checked against the original text, units, sources, and versions. Real technical or quality judgments are reviewed by the appropriate responsible person per institutional authority, and this page cannot generate parameters or process instructions.

Record the tool name, version, inputs, and human modifications to keep production and quality records traceable.

Responsibility for parameters, broken filament judgment, part replacement, and abnormalities is checked against the actual appointment, procedures, and authority; operators or crews are not uniformly assigned all duties.

Generated content may contain wrong parameters or outdated procedures

Check each item against the original process documents and the latest procedures; do not use it for production before verification

Production and quality information involves commercial and compliance matters

Handle it under minimum necessary and permission requirements; sensitive information must not be submitted to external tools

Production and quality records must be traceable, otherwise they cannot be reviewed

Record the tool name, version, inputs, and modifications, and keep process and ledger versions

Errors in material, spinneret, or parameter information cause batch quality deviations

Independently review key parameters and proofread temperature, flow, and drawing speed

Abnormal handling requires clear assignment of responsibility

Define the shutdown and reporting process and responsible person; unauthorized handling must not be carried out

On-site machine adjustment and quality judgment are performed by operators and process positions

Equipment control and feed speed adjustment

Equipment control

Parameter document retrieval and record verification can be assisted (editorial judgment)

Gauge observation duties are checked against actual position training authority

Control panel and gauge observation

Process observation

Observation record organization as a to-be-validated candidate (editorial judgment)

Broken filaments and appearance abnormalities are reported and handled per procedure

Reporting and handling of broken filaments, fuzz, and equipment abnormalities

Abnormal handling and reporting

Shutdown checklist and reporting reminders can be assisted (editorial judgment)

Cleaning and maintenance are checked against actual position training authority

Clean and maintain equipment and working parts

Cleaning and maintenance

Part replacement reminders and record organization can be assisted (editorial judgment)

Equipment inspection and maintenance are the individual's responsibility

Equipment inspection and routine maintenance

Equipment inspection and maintenance

Inspection reminders can be assisted (editorial judgment)

Production and quality responsibility are borne by the individual and the crew

Completing and handing over production and quality records

Records and handover

Ledger and record organization can be assisted (editorial judgment)

Collaboration with crew leads, process engineers, and quality inspectors

Collaboration with crew leads, process engineers, and quality inspectors

Collaboration and communication

Scheduling and contact reminders can be assisted (editorial judgment)

The above are editorial candidates and evidence boundaries; there is no adoption rate, measured benefit, or AI wage and employment causal quantity for this occupation.

Manufacturing, urban non-private pre-tax average annual wage 113,594 yuan/year (2025)

Task-matched broad manufacturing industry background covering multiple occupations; not this occupation's median, starting wage, or take-home pay.

Manufacturing, urban private pre-tax average annual wage 76,055 yuan/year (2025)

Average for urban private unit employees, kept separate from non-private; not a city, occupational, or individual quote.

Mainland China does not list this occupation separately, and there is no precisely corresponding occupational wage statistic

Position definition: responsibility boundaries and statistical classification must be checked by industry and region.

Monthly salary, annual salary, and piece-rate pay cannot be mixed

Pay definitions: a fixed monthly salary, piece rates, and performance pay cannot be compared directly.

Check against the source's publication period; do not merge different years

Statistical period: industry averages from different years cannot be compared directly.

The industry measure includes multiple occupations

Industry coverage: an industry average cannot replace this occupation's wage.

Specific city wages must be looked up separately; a national average does not represent the work location

Regional differences: a national average does not represent a specific city.

A job posting quote is a single-employer sample and does not constitute an occupational median

Sample boundary: a single quote does not replace the occupational wage.

Insufficient evidence: no Chinese AI adoption or wage or demand change magnitude for this occupation was obtained; document organization is a to-be-validated candidate only.

Definition note: industry average wages cover multiple occupations and cannot replace this occupation's wage distribution.

Education is checked against the target posting (editorial verification item)

Spinning and doffing operation assistant positions

If the target position includes feeding and records, verify the actual duties and do not infer the position from a degree

Major background is checked against the target posting (editorial verification item)

Spinning machine adjustment and inspection round positions

Whether independent machine adjustment is allowed is checked against position training and authority, not presumed from a diploma

Process or management education conditions are checked separately (editorial verification item)

Process, equipment, and quality management positions

Process and quality responsibility must be checked against the position's original text and is not granted directly by a degree

Cross-disciplinary (materials plus equipment or quality)

Process improvement and quality collaboration positions

Verify the knowledge and training gaps item by item against the target position

Manufacturing

Continuous filament forming tasks match manufacturing, so a broad industry background is used

Textile and apparel supply manufacturing

Related employment settings are an editorial search direction; a current recruitment sample was not obtained

Automotive and electronics supply manufacturing

Material uses are an editorial search direction and do not prove that the industry currently recruits for this occupation

National Bureau of Statistics: average wage of urban unit employees (industry category, publication index)｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/

Manufacturing (industry proxy)

This round did not obtain precise national single-occupation wage statistics for this occupation in mainland China; a task-matched broad manufacturing industry background is used, and it is not asserted on that basis that no such national statistics exist.

2025 pre-tax average annual wage of urban manufacturing employees in China: non-private 113,594 yuan/year, private 76,055 yuan/year. Filament equipment operation is a manufacturing production task, so manufacturing is used as the broad industry background; it covers multiple occupations and is not this occupation's median, starting wage, take-home pay, or a city quote. If a posting is obtained, pay, overtime allowances, and period should be checked separately.

National Bureau of Statistics: 2025 average wage of urban unit employees (manufacturing)｜https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/zxfb/202605/t20260515_1963707.html

Do not replace this occupation's wage with an industry average wage or a single job posting quote.

National (industry proxy)

Insufficient evidence: no precise national single-occupation wage for this occupation in China was obtained; a task-matched broad manufacturing industry reference is available, non-private and private pre-tax annual figures are kept separate, and they are not converted into a specific position's monthly salary.

First-tier cities

Insufficient evidence: no verifiable first-tier city monthly salary statistic or current recruitment sample for this occupation was obtained; common allowances or quote structures are not inferred.

Other cities

Insufficient evidence: no monthly salary statistic for this occupation in other cities was obtained; region, position, period, and pay must be checked separately.

The US occupational classification on this page does not automatically map one to one with Chinese positions; the manufacturing data is a task-matched broad industry background, and Chinese position concentration was not verified.

Notes on US O*NET and BLS statistical definitions｜https://www.bls.gov/oes/

-3.3% (US 2025—2035 overall employment projection, not AI attribution)

Median annual wage 46,350 USD; median hourly wage 22.29 USD (2025 national exact occupation)

O*NET NationalWages51-6091.00 (BLS2025)｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/51-6091.00; BLS2025—2035 exact occupational projections｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm; O*NET detailed tasks and education｜https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-6091.00

35,890 USD/year

Pay · 10th percentile｜35,890 USD/year (hourly 17.26 USD); US 2025 exact occupational national wage｜not a starting wage or experience grade.

39,360 USD/year

Pay · 25th percentile｜39,360 USD/year (hourly 18.92 USD); US 2025 exact occupational national wage｜not a junior wage grade.

46,350 USD/year

Pay · median｜46,350 USD/year; median hourly 22.29 USD (2025, BLS OEWS)｜half of workers are below and half above this value.

57,280 USD/year

Pay · 75th percentile｜57,280 USD/year (hourly 27.54 USD); US 2025 exact occupational national wage｜not a senior wage grade.

63,910 USD/year

Pay · 90th percentile｜63,910 USD/year (hourly 30.73 USD); US 2025 exact occupational national wage｜does not equal a promise of individual high pay.

13,500 people (2025)

Employment · size｜13,500 people (2025), a 2035 projection of 13,000｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm; https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-6091.00 ｜Employment size and wage statistics cover different populations.

-3.3% (US 2025—2035 overall employment projection, not AI attribution)

Employment · growth rate｜-3.3% (2025—2035); an overall employment projection, not AI attribution｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm; https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-6091.00 ｜Not an individual's hiring probability.

1,100 per year on average (2025—2035)

Employment · annual average job openings｜1,100 (2025—2035), including growth and replacements｜https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm; https://www.onetonline.org/link/details/51-6091.00 ｜Not a ten-year total or net new positions.

The above are US occupational statistics for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (O*NET-SOC 51-6091.00, SOC 51-6091); this occupation's wage by industry was not obtained this time and does not represent wage levels or position demand in mainland China.

The US 2025 national 10/25/50/75/90 percentile annual wages are 35,890/39,360/46,350/57,280/63,910 USD, with hourly wages of 17.26/18.92/22.29/27.54/30.73 USD; the O*NET NationalWages table presents BLS exact SOC51-6091 data. BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions.

The median is the midpoint of the distribution for the same statistical period, not a starting wage; individual contracts, hours, and take-home definitions must be checked separately.

Pay definitions

BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions. An overall employment projection, not AI attribution.

Employment and growth

The equipment operation and chemical and noise protection training required by the position affect which processes and scope of responsibility one may take on, but individual capability or authorization boundaries cannot be inferred directly from the occupation name.

Qualifications and region

-3.3% (US 2025—2035 overall employment projection, not AI attribution)

Manufacturing (chemical fibers and glass fibers)

Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain precise by-industry occupational wages

No matched industry estimate was obtained this round; this does not mean the official source has not published one, and the usable statistical scope must be checked separately

Textile and composite materials manufacturing

Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain precise by-industry occupational wages

No matched industry estimate was obtained this round, which does not mean the official source has not published one

Automotive and electronics supply manufacturing

Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain precise by-industry occupational wages

No matched industry estimate was obtained this round, which does not mean the official source has not published one

Other manufacturing and repair services

Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain precise by-industry occupational wages

No matched industry estimate was obtained this round, which does not mean the official source has not published one

No. The median is not a starting wage; the five percentile tiers describe the national wage distribution for the same occupation, not experience or grade wages.

It cannot be extrapolated simply. Hourly wages are paid by the hour, and annual income also depends on shifts, overtime, and performance; the median hourly wage and median annual wage cannot be converted directly into an individual's take-home income.

The US 2025 national 10/25/50/75/90 percentile annual wages are 35,890/39,360/46,350/57,280/63,910 USD, with hourly wages of 17.26/18.92/22.29/27.54/30.73 USD; the O*NET NationalWages table presents BLS exact SOC51-6091 data. By-industry values were not obtained this round; national percentiles do not replace by-industry statistics.

Materials and products, equipment automation level, shifts, and region all affect actual income; wage definitions from different sources (monthly salary, piece rates, including overtime or allowances) cannot be mixed.

46,350 USD/year (median hourly 22.29 USD, 2025)

10th percentile 35,890 USD/year (2025 national exact occupation), not an entry grade.

Median: 46,350 USD/year (median hourly 22.29 USD, 2025); half of workers are below and half above this value.

90th percentile 63,910 USD/year (2025 national exact occupation), not a senior grade.

The official interest code is RC (Realistic—Conventional): Realistic corresponds to hands-on work with equipment, materials, and tools while monitoring machine operation, and Conventional corresponds to handling data and records per procedures and standards. The interest code describes activity preferences only and does not represent ability, hiring, or performance conclusions.

Official occupational interest code (O*NET)

Equating 'likes hands-on work' with 'does not need to look at data'; if you are unwilling to record and inspect parameters and tend to keep producing when filaments break or appearance is abnormal, the main body of the daily work will be very hard to sustain.

The personality framework serves only as editorial self-observation: whether you are willing to verify records, state unknowns, and accept review; this round did not obtain personality prediction research for this occupation, and conscientiousness or emotional stability is not treated as a capability or hiring condition.

Personality model (not an occupational standard)

Treating a personality test result as an occupational conclusion, or ruling yourself out on that basis.

The occupational interest information on this page comes from O*NET's interest code RC for Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers (51-6091.00); it describes work activity preferences, not an individual assessment result, and cannot infer suitability or hiring likelihood.

MBTI is not an occupational assessment and has not been shown to predict performance in this occupation. It can be used to organize your collaboration and communication preferences, but occupational judgment must return to real tasks: whether you can complete setup, inspection rounds, and records per parameters and accept review.

Realistic (R) — oriented to hands-on work with equipment, materials, and tools; Conventional (C) — oriented to handling data and records per procedures and standards.

Personality preference framework (not an occupational standard)

RC

RC (Realistic—Conventional)

Using a type label to explain that you are not suited to workshop work.

The Enneagram is a self-reflection tool. More useful questions for this work are whether you can keep doing inspection rounds and reporting under continuous production and delivery pressure; these can be verified directly through internship or training experience.

Personality framework (not an occupational standard)

Treating a type description as proof of occupational fit.

FT349 can first be used to read m units, compare the closed interval 950—1050, transcribe continuity, and preserve missing items; one mathematics or intelligence result cannot determine occupational capability. Real equipment, inspection, and system skills must be checked against target position training.

Official occupational knowledge requirements (O*NET)

Treating a single test result as an ability ceiling.

No occupation-specific emotional intelligence prediction evidence was obtained. The editorial observation is checking records, preserving unknowns, and reporting clearly when pressed, and this observation is not used as an emotional intelligence measurement or threshold.

General capability framework

Using high or low emotional intelligence in place of verifying parameter execution and quality records.

The following is a work-style observation checklist and does not constitute a personality diagnosis, competence score, or hiring conclusion; occupational judgments must still be checked against real tasks, process parameter standards, and the employer's quality system.

Use FT349 to observe whether you can verify the length interval, preserve the continuity original text, and keep missing items; paper does not prove equipment or quality capability.

Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Prefers extrusion and drawing of metal or plastic profiles

Would rather do profile extrusion than fiber filament forming

Fiberglass laminators and fabricators

Prefers laminated and molded products

Would rather do product forming than continuous filament production

Chemical plant operators

Prefers process control and plant operation

Would rather work with chemical plant equipment than spinning equipment

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

Prefers inspection and sampling judgment

Would rather do inspection than equipment operation and inspection rounds

First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Prefers crew management and production organization

Would rather do organizing and coordinating than equipment operation

Industrial production managers

Prefers production planning and resource management

Would rather do production management than on-site operation

No judgment from personality. FT349 can be used to observe verification of units, ranges, original text, and missing items, and on-site capability is checked separately by position training.

Introversion does not directly determine performance. The US survey shows 95% face-to-face discussions daily; you can practice clearly explaining FT349 unknowns and out-of-range items, and the label is not treated as a hiring condition.

Extraversion does not automatically prove good performance. Observe whether you verify against the original record, state unknowns, and accept review, and actual collaboration is checked separately.

Insufficient evidence: this round did not obtain occupation-specific MBTI prediction evidence, and no most suitable type is designated.

O*NET interest RC, with scales R92, C51, I20, E7, A5, S4; not a percentage suitability rate, ability, or personal test score.

Insufficient evidence: no occupation-specific evidence that personality scores predict performance was obtained; scores are not used as capability or hiring standards.

FT349 can first be used to read m units, compare the closed interval 950—1050, and preserve missing items; one mathematics or intelligence result cannot determine position capability.

No uniform emotional intelligence threshold for this occupation was obtained. The editorial observation is checking records, explaining unknowns, and communicating clearly when pressed or questioned.

Enneagram labels do not prove occupational suitability; FT349 can be used to observe record habits, and the real position conditions are checked afterward.

Use the four FT349 works to verify F1 unknown continuity, F2 out-of-range length, F3 missing length, and the single 980m update on the fifth day; do not infer on-site capability or transition qualifications from paper.

Willing to repeatedly verify raw materials, spinnerets, and parameters for one job

When equipment or record abnormalities occur, verify the responsible person per the real process and authority

FT349: the item's closed interval is 950—1050m, F1=1000m with continuity unknown, F2=1060m with 'no broken filament record' transcribed, and F3 length missing with 'broken filament observed' transcribed; verify documents only, and on the fifth day only F3=980m is added, keeping the other unknowns and original text.

Used to verify this occupation's identity, task scope, and preparation level

Used to verify tasks, work activities, and technology tools

Used to verify US wage statistical definitions

Used to verify US employment projections and job openings

US training directory entry; this round did not verify specific courses, costs, or periods, and it does not prove Chinese training conditions.

US certification directory entry; required individual qualifications or authorization were not verified, and it does not prove a uniform Chinese qualification.

Used to verify the US wage and employment trends page

Used to verify work context, interest, and work style materials

This page does not replace equipment operating procedures, process parameter standards, occupational safety requirements, or the employer's quality system; parameter setting, part replacement, and abnormal handling may only be carried out per the rules.

Official tasks involve blockages, equipment faults, and records; the US context shows heat, cold, noise, and contaminant exposure. The following are editorial verification directions; no injury rate or control effect data was obtained, so it is not claimed that most risks can be reduced.

Insufficient evidence: no injury rate, specific control effect, or jurisdiction-specific equipment guarding rule for this occupation was obtained. The editorial checks below do not constitute on-site handling, quality, or safety guidance.

Operators

May cause batch quality deviations and shutdowns

Verify the actual blockage identification, inspection, and maintenance processes and the responsible person; do not choose replacement or test-run steps from a web page

Spinneret or die blockage and wrong specifications cause quality deviations

Operators and downstream processes

May lead to nonconforming filaments

Verify the actual parameter control and quality duties; this page provides no temperature or flow settings

Wrong temperature and flow parameters cause denier or appearance abnormalities

Operators and equipment

May cause equipment tangling and damage

Verify the actual procedures, authorization, and responsible person for equipment abnormalities and broken filaments; do not decide shutdown or clearing from a paper item

Broken filaments and fuzz are not handled in time and cause equipment tangling

Operators

May cause occupational health harm

Verify the applicable protection, exposure, and health examination original texts; do not infer Chinese law from a US survey

High heat, chemical odors, and dust exposure

Operators and the employer

May lead to quality and compliance risk

Verify the real fault and job record requirements and do not fabricate part replacement or recovery confirmation

Missing part replacement and abnormal records

All on-site roles

May lead to batch production errors

Verify the handover content, missing items, and responsible counterparties, and keep unconfirmed items as to-dos

Unclear handover and collaboration information

The current O*NET 51-6091 occupational tasks and work context; it describes job requirements and provides no accident incidence rate, personal protection conclusion, or jurisdictional qualification.

O*NET detailed tasks and US work context, not wages or regulations

ILO global potential AI task exposure, not this occupation's accidents or employment projections

NIST voluntary AI risk framework, not specific equipment protection regulations

BLS OEWS statistics program entry, not an AI risk framework

Education, training, equipment, and experience requirements in a job posting must be read item by item; one item being relaxed does not mean other conditions can be substituted.

A degree, training certificate, equipment operating authorization, and employer appointment are different levels: completing training or obtaining a certificate does not mean one can independently operate all equipment.

Equipment authorization has a position and process scope; crossing processes or plant areas requires re-verification.

This page does not replace equipment operating procedures, occupational safety regulations, or the employer's quality system; parameter setting and abnormal handling follow actual procedures, and this page provides no safety or quality advice.

No representative current recruitment sample was obtained this round; the following are editorial verification prompts. Verify the target position's materials and products, equipment, and quality and safety duties, and record the posting date and whether it is still open.

The education, training, and experience conditions in a job posting must be read together; one item being relaxed does not mean other conditions can be substituted.

The three directions and four stages are editorial exploration and must be checked against real appointment, training, equipment authority, and safety conditions; promotion or automatic authorization from experience is not guaranteed.

Able to complete clamping, feeding, doffing, and records under a mentor's guidance, and to document inspection round and abnormal reporting requirements clearly.

Operation assistant

Able to independently complete parameter setting, test runs, and first-article confirmation per specification, and to carry out inspection rounds and doffing.

Independent operation

Able to handle complex specifications and equipment abnormalities and maintain parameter and quality record standards.

Operating core member

Able to serve as crew lead, accountable for process handoffs, quality execution, and team records.

Crew lead

Insufficient evidence: no representative current Chinese recruitment conditions, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction qualification rules, or specific training period and cost were obtained. The typical US BLS entry is a high school diploma or equivalent, no related work experience required, and medium-term on-the-job training; the O*NET education survey shows 74% answered high school or equivalent, 19% less than high school, and 6% post-high-school certificate, and the rounded total of 99% leaves no remainder to fill in. Job Zone1—2 is a general preparation group, not an occupation-specific training period.

A degree, training, equipment operating authorization, and employer appointment are different levels; completing training does not mean one can independently operate all equipment; equipment authorization has a position and process scope, and crossing processes or plant areas requires re-verification. This page does not replace equipment procedures and the employer's quality system and provides no safety advice.

This page presents both US official occupational information and industry background information for mainland China; training, equipment, and safety rules are checked separately for the two places.

The typical US BLS entry is a high school diploma or equivalent, no related work experience required, and medium-term on-the-job training; the O*NET education survey shows 74% answered high school or equivalent, 19% less than high school, and 6% post-high-school certificate, and the rounded total of 99% leaves no remainder to fill in. Job Zone1—2 is a general preparation group, not an occupation-specific training period. Insufficient evidence: no representative current Chinese recruitment conditions, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction qualification rules, or specific training cost and period were obtained; a uniform education, refresher period, or independent equipment authorization cannot be inferred.

The current O*NET 2025 wage and 2025—2035 trend summary; exact statistics are checked separately in BLS and it is not a basis for Chinese qualifications.

Used to verify occupational tasks, work activities, and preparation level

BLS OEWS wage program entry; provides no training, qualifications, or Chinese entry rules.

Used to verify US employment projections and job openings

Mainly position training

Existing permitted training records; if none, do not fabricate them or set a one-time pass bar

Training and operations records (editorial suggestion)

Assist with clamping, feeding, doffing, and records

Spinning operation assistant position

Mainly equipment and process experience

Specific independent operating qualifications are checked against institutional assessment and authority

Parameter and inspection round records (editorial suggestion)

Set parameters per specification and handle common deviations

Spinning machine adjustment position

Mainly inspection round experience

Real abnormal handling tasks follow the position's original text only; do not use the item to decide shutdown

Inspection round and abnormal records (editorial suggestion)

Patrol the filament and winding status and handle broken filaments

Filament inspection round position

Mainly experience and internal appointment

Develop toward production and quality management

Policies and team records (editorial suggestion)

Accountable for process handoffs, quality, and records

Crew lead

Mainly equipment training

Actual permitted inspection records; state honestly if none

Inspection and maintenance records (editorial suggestion)

Perform inspection and routine maintenance

Equipment inspection position

Mainly equipment knowledge

Actual permitted fault materials; without them, do not troubleshoot on site

Maintenance and shutdown records (editorial suggestion)

Assist with maintenance and record faults and shutdowns

Maintenance collaboration position

Mainly process and equipment experience

Improvement exploration is a document suggestion only; real parameter trials require checking authorization

Improvement plans and validation records (editorial suggestion)

Propose parameter and tooling improvement suggestions

Equipment improvement position

Mainly based on internal institutional appointment

Develop toward equipment and safety management

Policy and record outcomes (editorial suggestion)

Accountable for equipment availability and safety

Equipment lead

Mainly quality training

Organize a set of parameter and inspection round ledgers

Quality records and ledgers (editorial suggestion)

Organize parameter and inspection round records

Quality records position

Mainly a process background

Permitted process material verification; if not obtained, do not fabricate inspection standards

Process documents and records (editorial suggestion)

Assist with organizing process parameters and inspection standards

Process assistant position

Mainly quality and process experience

First verify the real abnormal records and available materials, and do not infer a cause from a single broken filament text

Analysis reports and improvement records (editorial suggestion)

Analyze causes of broken filaments and abnormalities and propose improvements

Quality improvement position

Mainly based on internal institutional appointment

Develop toward process and quality

Policy documents and records (editorial suggestion)

Actual process and quality duties are checked against position appointment and authority

Process and quality lead

BLS exact SOC51-6091: 13,500 employed in 2025, a 2035 projection of 13,000, growth of -3.3% over 2025—2035, an official net change of -400, and an annual average of 1,100 job openings; the thousands columns are rounded separately, and the official change cannot be recomputed from the two endpoints. Openings include growth and replacements, are not a ten-year total or net additions. 2025 pre-tax average annual wage of urban manufacturing employees in China: non-private 113,594 yuan/year, private 76,055 yuan/year. Filament equipment operation is a manufacturing production task, so manufacturing is used as the broad industry background; it covers multiple occupations and is not this occupation's median, starting wage, take-home pay, or a city quote.

United States

2025—2035

A US overall employment projection, not AI attribution; the figures do not imply manufacturing demand or the independent contribution of automation

Projections are not actual results and do not represent the hiring volume of a particular project or region

Employment change

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers（O*NET-SOC 51-6091.00）

-3.3% (US 2025—2035 overall employment projection, not AI attribution)

United States

2025

Employment size and openings are not the same indicator; openings include replacement demand

An occupational-level US projection and does not represent city, employer, or individual hiring volumes

Employment size

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers（O*NET-SOC 51-6091.00）

13,500 people (2025)

Mainland China

2025

A task-matched broad manufacturing industry average wage, not this occupation's median or a city quote

It is an industry-category measure and does not contain a single-occupation wage distribution

Industry wage (industry proxy)

Manufacturing (industry category)

Non-private 113,594 yuan/year; private 76,055 yuan/year (2025 pre-tax annual average)

The current O*NET 51-6091 summary shows 2025 employment of 13,500, a 2025—2035 projection, and an annual average of 1,100 openings; the exact growth of -3.3% is checked separately in BLS, and openings are not treated as net additions or AI causation.

Used to verify the US 2025—2035 overall projection and annual average openings

Used to verify the National Bureau of Statistics industry average wage definitions

BLS OEWS statistics program entry; not the O*NET task page

Needs additional metal or plastic profile extrusion and drawing experience

Equipment operation and parameter adjustment capability

Adjacent direction: move toward profile extrusion and drawing

Editorial exploration: verify mold lay-up product tasks and actual training conditions

Forming process and quality inspection capability

Adjacent direction: move toward glass fiber product manufacturing

Needs additional chemical plant and process control experience

Process monitoring and safe operating capability

Adjacent direction: move toward chemical plant operation

Needs additional sampling and inspection knowledge

Measurement and inspection capability

Adjacent direction: move toward inspection and testing

Needs additional crew management and quality system capability

On-site organization and procedure execution capability

Adjacent direction: move toward first-line production supervision

Needs additional production planning and resource management capability

Planning and coordination capability

Adjacent direction: move toward production management

Needs additional assembly process and workstation collaboration experience

Assembly operation and quality verification capability

Adjacent direction: move toward assembly work

Editorial exploration: verify metal or thermoplastic molding, casting, and coremaking machines and actual duties

Equipment forming tasks can serve as a comparison starting point, and specific capability and authority are checked separately

Adjacent direction: move toward casting and forming

FermatMind career content research process

This page checks the current O*NET 51-6091.00 tasks and education, the NationalWages2025 quintiles, the BLS2025—2035 exact projections, and the NBS2025 manufacturing pre-tax annual average; ILO and NIST reuse the general research frameworks verified in this round.

2026-10-11 (author verification of the nine modules this round)

No precise Chinese occupational or city wages, representative current recruitment, precise US by-industry wages, complete jurisdictional qualification and protection rules, specific training period and cost, or occupational AI adoption or causal quantity were obtained. The US 2025 national quintiles and the 2025—2035 exact projections were verified, and Chinese manufacturing is a pre-tax annual broad industry background. Shared FAQ and metadata legacy periods are preserved under protection; the exercises, answers, works, and seven-day materials are not rewritten or independently accepted in this round.