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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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# Tasks & work activities — straightening machine operator
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Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 51-4021.00 (Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic).
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## Task statements
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- **[Core]** Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products.
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- **[Core]** Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications.
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- **[Core]** Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials.
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- **[Core]** Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes.
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- **[Core]** Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion.
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- **[Core]** Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights.
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- **[Core]** Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment.
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- **[Core]** Clean work areas.
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- **[Supplemental]** Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications.
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- **[Supplemental]** Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters.
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- **[Supplemental]** Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths.
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- **[Supplemental]** Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods.
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- **[Supplemental]** Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments.
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- **[Supplemental]** Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders.
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- **[Supplemental]** Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers.
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- **[Supplemental]** Maintain an inventory of materials.
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## Detailed work activities
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- Adjust temperature controls of ovens or other heating equipment.
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- Clean work areas.
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- Determine production equipment settings.
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- Diagnose equipment malfunctions.
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- Inspect metal, plastic, or composite products.
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- Load materials into production equipment.
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- Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
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- Maintain production or processing equipment.
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- Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
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- Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
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- Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
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- Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
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- Operate cutting equipment.
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- Operate metal or plastic forming equipment.
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- Package products for storage or shipment.
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- Repair production equipment or tools.
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- Replace worn equipment components.
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- Select production equipment according to product specifications.
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