Plastics and Rubber Production Machine Operators

Key Tasks

• •Operating controls to regulate temperature, pressure, speed and flow of operation
• •Measuring and loading materials, items and ingredients for mixing into machines and feeding mechanisms
• •Monitoring operation, regulating material supply and adding chemicals and colorants to mixture
• •Threading uncoated wire and cable through plastic coating machines, around take-up reels and through dies and cooling chambers
• •Laying casings, beads, ply and rubber sheets on moulds
• •Operating rollers to remove air
• •Operating vulcaniser presses and controlling curing
• •Examining output for defects and conformity to specifications
• •Performing minor repairs and maintaining production records

Employment Projections to 2034