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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators & Tenders

What do they do?

Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

Education Required

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

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What Does This Job Pay?
Tennessee Average Salary: $86,000-$175,000
Median Annual Salary: $43,540
Median Hourly Salary: $22
Salary distribution bell curve graph
$31,200
$43,540
$58,840
One out of ten earn less than $31,200
The median salary is $43,540
One out of ten earn more than $58,840
Top Skills For This Job
  • Basic Skills
  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Will There Be Jobs?
Jobs stay the same

New job opportunities are less likely in the future.

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Are You On Track?
Typical education needed: High school diploma or equivalent
High school diploma or equivalent
Post-secondary certificate
Less than high school diploma
73%
17%
10%
Typical Daily Tasks
  • Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
  • Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
  • Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.