Plastics Production Machine Operators (General)

Plastics Production Machine Operators (General) operate extruding, injection moulding and blow moulding machines to produce finished plastic products.

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 on moulds

• Operates rollers to remove air

• Operates presses and controls curing

• Examines output for defects and conformity to specifications

• Performs minor repairs and maintains production records