Careers in Manufacturing & Skilled Trades
Two hundred and sixty careers across machining, fabrication, electrical and mechanical trades, plant operations, quality control, and the hands-on work that produces and maintains physical goods. Each card below carries the typical preparation path, the salary range from entry to senior level, and a short read on what the work actually involves day to day. You are looking at page 5 of 6 for Manufacturing & Skilled Trades.
260 careers in Manufacturing & Skilled Trades, page 5 of 6
Product Certification Specialist
Bachelor's Degree · $85,000
Ensures products meet national and international safety, quality, and performance standards. This involves interpreting…
Production Assembler
High School Diploma · $45,000
Assembles components and sub-assemblies to produce finished goods, ensuring quality and efficiency in a manufacturing…
Production Helper
High School Diploma · $45,000
Assists in manufacturing and assembly processes, ensuring smooth operation and product quality. Supports skilled…
Production Line Worker
High School Diploma · $38,000
Assemble and inspect products on a manufacturing line, ensuring quality standards and production targets are met.…
Production Supervisors
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience · $80,000 - $95,000
Oversee and lead production teams, ensuring efficient operations and meeting production targets by planning,…
QC Technician
Associate's Degree · $55,000
Inspect and test products at various stages of production to ensure compliance with quality standards and…
Quality Assurance Technician
Associate's degree or vocational training · $55,000
Quality Assurance Technicians are responsible for inspecting and testing products to ensure they meet quality…
Quality Control Analyst (Biopharma)
Bachelor's Degree · $75,000
Conducts analytical testing on raw materials, in-process samples, and finished products to ensure compliance with…
Quality Control Analysts
High School Diploma · $46,790
Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability…
Quality Control Engineer
Bachelor's degree · $85,000
Quality Control Engineers develop and implement quality control systems, inspect products and processes, and analyze…
Quality Control Inspector
High School Diploma · $55,000
Inspects products and processes to ensure they meet quality standards. Identifies defects, records data, and recommends…
Quality Control Inspector (Aerospace)
Associate's Degree · $60,000
Inspects aircraft, spacecraft, and missile systems, or their components, to ensure compliance with quality standards…
Quality Control Inspector (Food)
Associate's Degree · $48,000
Inspects food products and processing environments to ensure compliance with quality, safety, and sanitation standards.…
Quality Control Inspector (Manufacturing)
Associate's Degree · $55,000
Inspects products and processes to ensure they meet quality standards and specifications in a manufacturing environment.
Quality Control Systems Managers
Bachelor's Degree · $108,390
Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of…
Quality Control Technician
Associate's Degree · $65,000
Inspects products and processes to ensure adherence to quality standards. Identifies defects, analyzes root causes, and…
Quality Control Technician (Textiles)
High School Diploma or Equivalent · $48,000
Inspects textile products to ensure they meet quality standards, performs tests, and documents findings.
Quality Manager
Bachelor's Degree · $105,000
Oversees and directs quality assurance and control processes to ensure products and services meet established standards…
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
High School Diploma · $64,190
Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and…
Rail Car Repairers
High School Diploma · $65,680
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Less than High School · $50,540
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in…
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
High School Diploma · $58,540
Build or repair equipment such as furnaces, kilns, cupolas, boilers, converters, ladles, soaking pits, and ovens, using…
Remote Sensing Technicians
Bachelor's Degree · $46,790
Apply remote sensing technologies to assist scientists in areas such as natural resources, urban planning, or homeland…
Riggers
High School Diploma · $62,060
Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for…
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
High School Diploma · $48,630
Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to…
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
High School Diploma · $39,950
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes…
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Post-Secondary Certificate · $59,300
Install, program, maintain, and repair security and fire alarm wiring and equipment. Ensure that work is in accordance…
Semiconductor Processing Technicians
High School Diploma · $51,180
Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor…
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
High School Diploma · $49,500
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser…
Sewers, Hand
Less than High School · $33,760
Sew, join, reinforce, or finish, usually with needle and thread, a variety of manufactured items. Includes weavers and…
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
High School Diploma · $35,950
Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles. May use hand…
Shop Supervisor
High School Diploma · $55,000
Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers in a shop or production area. Responsible for ensuring production…
Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Less than High School · $83,600
Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section…
Slaughterers and Meat Packers
High School Diploma · $39,790
Perform nonroutine or precision functions involving the preparation of large portions of meat. Work may include…
Stationary Engineer
High School Diploma · $75,190
Stationary engineers and boiler operators operate, monitor, and maintain stationary engines, boilers, and other…
Stationary Engineer and Boiler Operator
Certificate or Vocational Training · $65,000
Operates and maintains stationary engines, boilers, and other mechanical equipment to provide utilities such as heat,…
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Post-Secondary Certificate · $75,190
Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or…
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
High School Diploma · $45,210
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
High School Diploma · $49,900
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers
High School Diploma · $40,860
Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.
Team Assemblers
High School Diploma · $61,680
Work as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product. Team…
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
High School Diploma · $62,630
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices…
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
High School Diploma · $70,500
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders
High School Diploma · $37,320
Operate or tend machines to bleach, shrink, wash, dye, or finish textiles or synthetic or glass fibers.
Textile Worker
High School Diploma or GED · $35,000
Textile workers operate and maintain machinery that processes fibers into yarn or fabric, or that dyes, prints, or…
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
High School Diploma · $40,790
Perform precision assembling or adjusting, within narrow tolerances, of timing devices such as digital clocks or timing…
Tire Builders
High School Diploma · $55,580
Operate machines to build tires.
Tire Repairers and Changers
High School Diploma · $37,120
Repair and replace tires.
Tool and Die Makers
Post-Secondary Certificate · $63,180
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and…
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
High School Diploma · $48,970
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.