Skills
42 skills are associated with this occupation.
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Overview
Injection moulding operators set up and tend moulding machines that shape plastic, rubber or wax materials into products using dies, controllers, gauges and process parameters.
In job descriptions, look for injection moulding machine parts, press dies, hoppers, gauges, valves, trimming excess material, quality checks, mould maintenance, plastic types and production records.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
This role prepares and tends injection moulding machines: installing dies, setting controllers, watching gauges and valves, feeding material and removing finished or excess plastic.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes moulding machine parts, press dies, hoppers, process parameters, plastic types, quality standards, trimming, mould maintenance and production records.
Salary context
Salary context depends on machine complexity, shift work, material range, quality responsibility, setup versus tending duties, downtime impact, safety routines and whether the operator maintains moulds.
Career paths
Progression can move toward senior machine operation, set-up technician, mould maintenance, plastics quality control, production lead work or process improvement in plastics manufacturing.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy is mainly machine tending, tool changes, quality inspection or process adjustment. Strong adverts name machine type, materials, dies, gauges, cycle times, defects and cleaning routines.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Alternative labels
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Occupation group
Plastic products machine operators (8142)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/502fe307-ae65-46cb-a485-e559b9a35266 |
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| ESCO code | 8142.7 |
| ISCO group | 8142 |
| Concept type | Occupation |