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Chapter 13: Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Career Files

Career File: Computer-Control Operator

Directions: Look up the career in the Occupational Outlook Handbook and fill out the following:

1.
Education and Training:
2.
Salary and Job Outlook:
3.
What does a computer-control operator do?
4.
What are the working conditions?
5.
Which skills and aptitudes are needed for this career?
6.
Does most of the work involve data, people, or things?
7.
Based on what you learned from this career and from Chapter 13, tell why computer-control operators are needed in manufacturing. What else does the job involve besides pushing buttons to make the computers work?
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