Also called: Bottle Machine Operator, IS Machine Operator, Glass Container Forming Operator
Runs the machines that drop gobs of red-hot glass into molds and blow them into bottles and jars, hundreds per minute.
Glowing blobs of glass fall into your machine and come out as bottles a few seconds later. You swab molds with graphite, swap molds for a new bottle shape, and pull samples to check wall thickness. It's hot, loud and oddly mesmerizing.
Estimated from BLS molders and shapers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking (about -3% over 10 years). Molders, shapers and casters overall.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Bottle-forming machines are automated with camera inspection; fewer operators run each line.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply at bottle and jar plants or through a staffing agency; new hires are trained on the job
Classes: Shop class, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-9195.
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