How to become a metal drawer or extruder
Official title: Metal drawer/extruder
Also called: Bar extruder operator (metal), Extruder operator (metal), Metal drawer, Metal extruder, Pipe drawer (seamless), Road extruder operator, Seamless pipe and tube drawer, Tube drawer (seamless), Tube extruder operator (metal), Wire drawer, Road extruder operator, Seamless pipe and tube drawer
Metal drawer/extruder draws and extrudes metals through dies to make wire, pipes, tubes and similar products.
Main tasks
- Setting up, preparing and adjusting metal processing machinery to make wires, pipes tubes and similar metal products
- Setting and operating a wire-drawing machine
- Setting and operating a machine to draw seamless metal tubing
- Setting and operating a hydraulic press to extrude metal rods, bars and seamless tubing
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Will AI change the work of a metal drawer or extruder?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026