Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 44.97%
- 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) = 38.97%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 8.81%
- Some College Courses = 4.94%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 1.99%
- Bachelor's Degree = 0.33%
Related Work Experience
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 29.12%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 21.85%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.82%
- None = 9.25%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 7.44%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 7.02%
- Over 10 years = 3.34%
- Up to and including 1 month = 1.38%
- Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years = 1.33%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 0.44%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 26.27%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 22.25%
- Up to and including 1 month = 17.50%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.67%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 8.71%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 6.99%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 2.60%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 25.79%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 18.08%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 15.01%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 14.22%
- None or short demonstration = 11.02%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 8.44%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 10 years = 4.39%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 3.04%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.



