Plastics Fabricators and Welders

Plastics Fabricator or Welders operate machines to measure, cut, shape, fit and assemble plastics materials to produce plastic products.

What the job involves

• Selects appropriate equipment and materials

• Cleans and prepares surfaces

• 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

• 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