Manufacturing
Manufacturing workers work with products and equipment. You might design a new product, decide how the product will be made, or make the product. You might work on cars, computers, appliances, airplanes, or electronic devices.
The careers below are sorted by education level. Click on the section title to see the careers in it. Click on the name of the career to learn more.
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High school or less
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators
Aircraft Structure and Systems Assemblers
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Chemical Plant and System Operators
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Operators
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Computer, ATM, and Office Machine Repairers
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Operators
Cutting and Slicing Machine Operators
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Operators
Drilling and Boring Machine Operators
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Extruding and Drawing Machine Operators
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Operators
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Food Baking and Drying Machine Operators
Food Cooking Machine Operators
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Operators
Hand Grinding and Polishing Workers
Heat Treating Equipment Operators
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Lathe and Turning Machine Operators
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Maintenance and Repair Workers
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters
Metal and Plastic Layout Workers
Metal and Plastic Model Makers
Metal and Plastic Patternmakers
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators
Milling and Planing Machine Operators
Mixing and Blending Machine Operators
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Operators
Multiple Machine Tool Operators
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
Painting and Decorating Workers
Petroleum Pump System and Refinery Operators
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Plating and Coating Machine Operators
Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Recordkeeping Weighers and Checkers
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Operators
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Synthetic and Glass Fiber Extruding and Forming Machine Operators
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators
Textile Cutting Machine Operators
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Operators
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Operators
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Transportation Equipment Painters
Vending and Amusement Machine Repairers
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Vocational training
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machine Tool Programmers
Electric Motor and Power Tool Repairers
Electrical and Electronics Repairers of Commerical and Industrial Equipment
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Outdoor Power Equipment Mechanics
Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Electrical and Electronics Repairers
