Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 94.97%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 3.39%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 1.37%
- Some College Courses = 0.28%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 42.01%
- None = 41.90%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 6.31%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.67%
- Up to and including 1 month = 3.14%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.68%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.28%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 68.75%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 20.38%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 5.87%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 1.74%
- None = 1.16%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.87%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.61%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.61%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 47.80%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 47.10%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 3.03%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.85%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 0.61%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.61%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.



