extrusion machine operator
Extrusion machine operators set up, monitor and maintain machines which heat or melt raw materials, and pull or push the heated material through a shaped die to form it into a continuous profile with a preset cross section such as tubes, pipes and sheeting. They may also clean and maintain the equipment.
Also called: extrusion machine tender, plastic extrusion operator, extruder tender operative, extruder operating apprentice, extrusion operator, extrusion press technician, extruder machine tendering operator, metal extrusion machine operator
- 14
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
14- consult technical resources
- dies
- ensure equipment availability
- extrusion processes
- monitor automated machines
- monitor moving workpiece in a machine
- perform test run
- quality standards
- remove inadequate workpieces
- remove processed workpiece
- replace die
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
Optional skills
34- advise on machinery malfunctions
- check quality of raw materials
- ferrous metal processing
- interpret geometric dimensions and tolerances
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- mark processed workpiece
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- monitor conveyor belt
- monitor gauge
- monitor stock level
- operate lifting equipment
- perform machine maintenance
- perform product testing
- program a CNC controller
- quality and cycle time optimisation
- read standard blueprints
- record production data for quality control
- solve technical problems
- statistical process control
- tend cold extrusion machine
- tend hot extrusion machine
- types of metal
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- types of plastic
- use CAM software
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work ergonomically
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