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Job Conditions

Learn about the most important job conditions for Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Importance*More Info
1.Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment96
2.Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable95
3.Spend Time Standing87
4.Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls86
5.Importance of Being Exact or Accurate77
6.Exposed to Contaminants76
7.Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment74
8.Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings72
9.Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions70
10.Importance of Repeating Same Tasks64
* Importance out of 100

Job Condition Scores

Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment
How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or live jackets?
96
Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable
How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable?
95
Spend Time Standing
How much does this job require standing?
87
Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls
How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?
86
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
77
Exposed to Contaminants
How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
76
Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.)
74
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
72
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
70
Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
64