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Job Conditions

Learn about the most important job conditions for Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic.
Importance*More Info
1.Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment100
2.Importance of Being Exact or Accurate94
3.Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle Objects, Tools, or Controls91
4.Spend Time Standing88
5.Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable85
6.Exposed to Hazardous Equipment78
7.Exposed to Contaminants73
8.Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment67
9.Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings63
10.Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions62
* 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?
100
Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
94
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?
91
Spend Time Standing
How much does this job require standing?
88
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?
85
Exposed to Hazardous Equipment
How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment?
78
Exposed to Contaminants
How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?
73
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.)
67
Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings
How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings?
63
Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions
How much does this job require making repetitive motions?
62