Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other Onet SOC Code 51-4199.99 Career Description: All metalworkers and plastic workers not listed separately. Related Clusters: Programs of Study Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other Related Careers: Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other represents a group of more specific occupations. For additional information, please select one of the occupations below: Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Machinists Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders Pourers and Casters, Metal Model Makers, Metal and Plastic Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic Foundry Mold and Coremakers Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Tool and Die Makers Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters Solderers and Brazers Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Lay-Out Workers, Metal and Plastic Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Career Summary:

• An apprentice blacksmith must have completed a high school education or the equivalent (G.E.D.) and must pass an aptitude test to qualify for training. Through approximately 150 hours of classroom instruction and on-the-job training, apprentice blacksmiths learn to heat and shape metal tools, structural parts, and farm and industrial equipment. To become an apprentice in a formal program, applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 25. For related information students may visit the Standards of Apprenticeship online. The Appalachian Blacksmiths Association has compiled a list of Blacksmithing Schools in North America.

Wage and salary data provided by:

• Bureau of Labor Statistics, Tennessee Department of Labor website
• TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development website
• Bureau of Economic Analysis website