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Plastic heat treatment equipment operator
Heat treat operator Heat treat technician Heat treating equipment operator Heat treating equipment setter Heat treating operator Heat treatment equipment engineer Materials engineer Metallurgical process engineer
Plastic heat treatment equipment operators manipulate plastic products using machinery such as furnaces or flame-hardening machines in order to temper, anneal or heat-treat. They set up the machinery and read the production instructions to determine the furnace temperature. Plastic heat treatment equipment operators remove products from machines, let them cool down, examine and test products to see if they conform to specifications.
Tasks
Tasks include -
(a) Operating and monitoring machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials;
(b) Operating and monitoring machines which shape plastic materials by moulding, extrusion, blowing, cutting and other means;
(c) Operating and monitoring machines which laminate plastics and plastic-impregnated materials or produce fibreglass;
(d) Encasing uncoated wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic;
(e) Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications;
(f) Recycling waste plastic materials;
(g) Making artificial eyes and contact lens discs, making and repairing spectacle frames and plastic parts of orthopaedic appliances.
Knowledge
- Mechanics and metal trades
- Wholesale and retail sales
- Materials (glass, paper, plastic and wood)
- Chemistry
Digital competencies
- Working with machinery and specialised equipment
- Maintaining operational records
- Operating kilns, furnaces and drying equipment
- Monitoring quality of products
- Complying with health and safety procedures
Digital competencies
- Using digital tools to control machinery
Personal competencies
- Working efficiently
- Communicating
- Dealing with problems
Professional groups of the occupation
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers
Stationary plant and machine operators
Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators
Plastic products machine operators
Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?
Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès
Plastic products machine operators
113
Number of contracts in Barcelonès
6,00%
Percentage of contracts in Catalonia
-30,25% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès
28,32%
Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès
7,08%
Part-time contracts
1,30% Turnover index
298
Average of job seekers in Barcelonès
-5%
Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
The market for this profile is hiring
Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age
Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.
Stationary plant and machine operators
68%
32%
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
Contracts by age groups.
Stationary plant and machine operators
Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia
What vacancies are published in the professional family?
Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year
Rubber, plastic and paper products machine operators
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Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.
What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?
Plastic products machine operators
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
The vacancies published are for working in:
Job vacancies posted by county
Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.
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