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Plastic heat treatment equipment operator

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
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

Other occupations of the professional group

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%

Men
Women

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

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

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

No experience
11%
Less than 1 year
8%
Between 1 and 2 years
16%
Between 2 and 4 years
43%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Indústries manufactureres
43%
Construcció
14%
Activitats professionals, científiques i tècniques
14%
Activitats administratives i serveis auxiliars
8%
Comerç a l'engròs i al detall; reparació de vehicles de motor i motocicletes
5%
Altres
16%

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.