Becoming a Plastics Technician in Queensland

About this role

Plastics Technicians set up, adjust, repair and troubleshoot machines which manufacture plastics products.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Plastics Technician include:

• sets up the die (mould for shaping the product) to produce a plastic product
• prepares the line-changing equipment
• changes the equipment in the machines so they produce different products
• starts up and shuts down the machines
• sets and records a machine's conditions such as heat, pressure and vacuum levels
• makes sure the product complies with the specifications
• fixes process problems if products do not meet the required standard
• conducts basic quality control tests
• fabricates equipment
• designs equipment
• fixes or organises the fixing of machines.