vacuum forming machine operator
Vacuum forming machine operators tend, control, and maintain machines that heat sheets of plastic before moving them around a mould, using vacuum-suction; when these sheets become cool, they are permanently set in the shape of the mould.
Also called: thermoforming machine operator, plastic molding machine setter, thermoforming operator, vacuum forming machine worker, vacuum forming machine tender, thermo-forming machine tender, thermo-forming machine setter, thermoforming machine tender
- 15
- essential skills
- 16
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
15- coating substances
- consult technical resources
- control temperature
- extract products from moulds
- heat up vacuum forming medium
- monitor gauge
- monitor processing environment conditions
- operate vacuum machines
- optimise production processes parameters
- prepare mould for vacuum forming
- quality standards
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- use personal protection equipment
Optional skills
16- clean equipment
- control production flow remotely
- create vacuum forming mould
- cut vacuum formed workpiece
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- maintain equipment
- maintain moulds
- manage waste
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- perform product testing
- perform test run
- repair mould defects
- report defective manufacturing materials
- solve technical problems
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