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Plastics And Rubber Products Manufacturing
OJT for Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing: NAICS 326
The Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing subsector is part of the Manufacturing sector.
The Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing subsector includes the following industries:
- Plastics Product Manufacturing
- Rubber Product Manufacturing
Subsector Context
The following chart breaks down the parent sector into its subsectors. It shows the percentage of people that these subsectors employ, relative to the entire sector, and the projected growth of these subsectors through 2026.
Largest Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in size, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-sized occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Largest Occupations in Subsector, Projected for 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 59.3 | 9.4 | -15.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Team assemblers | 42.0 | 6.6 | -23.1 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| First-line supervisors of production and operating workers | 30.3 | 4.8 | -3.8 | High school diploma or equivalent | None |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | 30.0 | 4.7 | -15.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders | 21.6 | 3.4 | -8.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 20.6 | 3.2 | -2.2 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 20.5 | 3.2 | -23.4 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Tire builders | 18.3 | 2.9 | -12.9 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 17.0 | 2.7 | -3.1 | No formal educational credential | Short-term on-the-job training |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 15.3 | 2.4 | 5.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
Growth Occupations
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in growth, for this subsector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-growth occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Highest Growth Occupations in Subsector, Projected thru 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Subsector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.2 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
| Operations research analysts | 0.1 | 0.0 | 8.0 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists | 1.6 | 0.2 | 6.3 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Software developers, applications | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.0 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Industrial machinery mechanics | 15.3 | 2.4 | 5.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long-term on-the-job training |
| Maintenance workers, machinery | 5.4 | 0.9 | 5.3 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Financial managers | 2.4 | 0.4 | 5.3 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Lawyers | 0.1 | 0.0 | 5.1 | Doctoral or professional degree | None |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators | 5.4 | 0.9 | -1.9 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | 0.7 | 0.1 | -1.9 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term on-the-job training |
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