Occupation information for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders District Of Columbia

Find Businesses

Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

Find Training

• 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.
• Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
• Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
• Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
• Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
• Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
• Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
• Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.

Tools:

• Adhesive or glue application systems
• Air compressors
• Calipers
• Cleaning brushes
• Vacuum pumps

Technology:

• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Office suite software
• Presentation software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software

Explore Careers

Salary Info

Resumes + Applications

Employer Research