Other Plastics and Rubber Production Machine Operators
Other Plastics and Rubber Production Machine Operators includes jobs like Thermoforming Machine Operator.
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What the job involves
- 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 and rubber sheets on moulds
- Operates rollers to remove air
- Operates vulcaniser presses and controls curing
- Examines output for defects and conformity to specifications
- Performs minor repairs and maintains production records