About this role
Plastics Production Machine Operators (General) operate extruding, injection moulding and blow moulding machines to produce finished plastic products.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Plastics Production Machine Operator (General) include:
- operates controls to regulate temperature, pressure, speed and flow of operation
- measures and loads materials, items and ingredients for mixing into machines and feeding mechanisms
- monitors operation, regulates material supply and adds chemicals and colorants to mixture
- threads uncoated wire and cable through plastic coating machines, around take-up reels and through dies and cooling chambers
- lays casings, beads, ply on moulds
- operates rollers to remove air
- operates presses and controls curing
- examines output for defects and conformity to specifications
- performs minor repairs and maintains production records.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Plastics Production Machine Operator (General)
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- Apprenticeship
- On-the-job training
- 3 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Cost varies
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 1 year
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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