injection moulding operator
ISCO: 8142. Skills: 42. Essential: 14.
Essential skills
- consult technical resources
- dies
- injection moulding machine parts
- install press dies
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- monitor valves
- optimise production processes parameters
- quality standards
- set up the controller of a machine
- tend injection moulding machine
- trim excess material
- troubleshoot
- use personal protection equipment
Supporting skills
- add colour
- extract products from moulds
- feed hoppers
- finish plastic products
- grind wasted plastic
- inspect quality of products
- jewellery processes
- keep records of work progress
- maintain equipment
- maintain moulds
- manufacturing of daily use goods
- manufacturing of jewellery
- manufacturing of sports equipment
- mechanics
- medical devices
- melt wax
- mix moulding and casting material
- move filled moulds
- operate lifting equipment
- perform test run
- plastic welding
- report defective manufacturing materials
- select mould types
- solve technical problems
- tend blow moulding machine
- types of moulding
- types of plastic
- types of waxes