Description
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.
EssentialOptional
Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
set up the controller of a machineconsult technical resourcesoperate heat treatment furnacemonitor automated machinesmaintain furnace temperatureprevent damage in a furnacetend discharge conveyormeasure furnace temperaturetroubleshootextract materials from furnaceload materials into furnaceuse personal protection equipmentoptimise production processes parametersrecord furnace operationsperform test runfeed hopperscool materialssolve technical problemsmix moulding and casting materialreport defective manufacturing materialsinspect quality of productsmaintain equipmentcheck quality of raw materialskeep records of work progressoperate lifting equipmentkeep stock recordstest chemical samples