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Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.
What a plating machine setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic does
Become a plating machine setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good plating machine setter, operator, and tender, metal and plastic
- 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.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $31 per hour with a typical salary of $70,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $22 and $34 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $24,500 and $70,800 per year.
- 46% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $22 per hour with a typical salary of $17,700 per year.
- 30.5% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Plating Machine Setter, Operator, And Tender, Metal And Plastic job outlook
- There are 273 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 43 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 17% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.