Plastic products machine operators
Salary range for the majority of workers in the selected occupation - from £9.26 to £13.06 per hour - 2020.
Products machine operators operate and monitor machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials and which make various plastic components and articles.
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Tasks
- Operating and monitoring machines which shape plastic materials by moulding, extrusion, blowing, cutting and other means
- Operating and monitoring machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials
- Recycling waste plastic materials
- Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications
- Making artificial eyes and contact lens discs, making and repairing spectacle frames and plastic parts of orthopaedic appliances
- Operating and monitoring machines which laminate plastics and plastic-impregnated materials or produce fibreglass
- Encasing uncoated wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic