Set up, operate, or watch over machines that cut textiles.

Operate or watch over machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.

Operate or watch over a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.

Operate or watch over sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.

Press or shape articles by hand or machine.

Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Set up, operate, or watch over plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Includes electrolytic processes.

Set up, operate, or watch over heating equipment, such as heat treating furnaces, flame hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.

Set up, operate, or watch over welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser beam machines.

Use hand welding or flame cutting equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.