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Adhesive bonding machine operator, Kaiwhakamahi mīhini whakapiri

Also known as

  • Glue operator, glue machine operator, glue worker

Adhesive bonding machine operators use bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product like plywood, paper, rubber or other materials.

Your pay could be

$48K

Lower

$59K to $86K

Most common

$100K

Upper

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