Set up, operate, or watch over milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Set up, operate, or watch over drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.

Set up, operate, or watch over forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

Develop programs to control machining or processing of metal or plastic parts by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems.

Operate computer controlled machines or robots to perform one or more machine functions on metal or plastic work pieces.

Operate or watch over cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.

Operate or watch over food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.

Use their hands or hand tools to perform cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.

Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. They can perform all tasks conducted by the team in the assembly process and rotate through all or most of them. They participate in making management decisions affecting the work. Includes team leaders who work as part of the team.