Machine operator, plastic products production

Plastic products machine operators operate and monitor machines for mixing and shaping plastics and plastic compounds and for producing plastic articles.

• operating and monitoring mixing and compounding machines to produce plastic materials;
• operating and monitoring machines for shaping plastic materials by compression moulding, moulding, extrusion, blowing, cutting or other methods;
• operating and monitoring machines for laminating and impregnating with plastics or producing fibreglass;
• coating wires, cables or optical fibres with plastics;
• inspecting products for defects in accordance with specifications;
• recycling waste plastic materials;
• making artificial eyes and contact lenses, and making and repairing spectacle frames and plastic parts for orthopaedic appliances.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Machine operator, plastics production
• Machine operator, plastic products production
• Machine operator, plastic products moulding
• Machine operator, Plexiglas products
• Machine operator, plastic products welding
• Machine operator, foam rubber processing
• Machine operator, plastic smoothing/finishing