filament winding operator
Filament winding operators tend, control and maintain machines that coat filament, usually fibreglass or carbon, in resin and wind them around a rotation mould to produce pipes, containers, tubes and other hollow cylindrical products.
Also called: filament winding machine tender, filament winding machine operative, filament winder operative, fibreglass tank winding operator, GRP pipe winding operator, filament winder operator, winding machine operative, FRP winding machine operator
- 14
- essential skills
- 17
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
14- coating substances
- consult technical resources
- control temperature
- cure composite workpiece
- monitor gauge
- monitor processing environment conditions
- optimise production processes parameters
- prepare resin bath
- quality standards
- remove filament composite workpiece from mandrel
- set up the controller of a machine
- troubleshoot
- types of fibre for polymer reinforcement
- use personal protection equipment
Optional skills
17- adjust filament tension
- clean equipment
- composite materials
- control production flow remotely
- cut filament
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- maintain equipment
- manage waste
- manufacturing of daily use goods
- measure materials
- perform test run
- plastic resins
- polymerisation
- report defective manufacturing materials
- saw off filament mandrel pins
- synthetic resins
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