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Also called bindery machine offbearer, brick offbearer, carroting machine offbearer and chain offbearer.
$41,220
Median pay a year
42,330
People do this work
6
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Loading materials for processing
Packaging materials or products
Operating conveyors and industrial materials
Marking materials for identification
Inspecting items for damage
Inspecting work
Weighing materials
Measuring product dimensions
Cleaning machinery and equipment
Cleaning work areas
Shoveling materials
Moving supplies
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Machine Feeder and Offbearer
Summary
Machine feeder and offbearer loading and unloading materials into machines, inspecting for defects, recording data, and maintaining equipment for safe working conditions
Experience
Machine Feeder and Offbearer
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Inspected materials and products for defects to ensure they met specifications
Recorded production and operational data, such as the amount of materials processed
Pushed dual control buttons and moved controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery
Weighed or measured materials to ensure they met specifications
Cleaned and maintained machinery, equipment, and work areas for safe working conditions
Loaded materials into machines and onto conveyors using hand tools and moving devices
Transferred materials to and from machinery using industrial trucks or hand trucks
Skills
Hands-On Work
Loading materials for processing, Packaging materials or products, Operating conveyors and industrial materials, Cleaning machinery and equipment, Cleaning work areas
Checking & Planning
Marking materials for identification, Inspecting items for damage, Inspecting work, Weighing materials, Measuring product dimensions
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Checked materials for defectsWrote down production dataPushed buttons to control machinesWeighed materials for qualityCleaned machines and work areasLoaded materials into machines
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Inspected materials for defects to ensure compliance with quality standards.
Operated machinery by pushing control buttons to start, stop, and adjust equipment settings
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Inspected materials for defects, leading to fewer defects in the final products.
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Fewer defects in the final productsSmoother production flowLess waste during processing
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Mention if you were trusted to operate any specific machines.
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Operated machinery by pushing control buttons to start, stop, and adjust equipment settings
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Trusted to run the main production lineOperated multiple types of machinesHandled complex machinery adjustments
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The work itself
What a Machine Feeder and Offbearer does
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Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.
What it pays
How much does a Machine Feeder and Offbearer make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$36,420
Median
$41,220
75th percentile
$48,480
About 42,330 people do this work in the United States.
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Machine Feeder and Offbearer
Already yours: Loading materials for processing, Marking materials for identification, Inspecting work
4 of the 12 tasks this job is made of
Median pay
$41,220 a year
What you have not done yet. Measuring product dimensions, Cleaning machinery and equipment, Cleaning work areas
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This page is about the occupation Machine Feeders and Offbearers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.