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Overview
Plastic heat treatment equipment operators set up furnaces or flame-hardening machines, heat-treat plastic products, cool them and check that the finished items meet specifications.
In job descriptions, look for furnace temperature, plastic resins, heat treatment, annealing, machine controllers, loading and unloading, discharge conveyors, quality inspection and operation records.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Plastic heat treatment equipment operators work with furnaces, flame-hardening machines, machine controllers and discharge conveyors. They set temperatures, load products, monitor the cycle, cool materials and check finished parts against specifications.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes plastic resins, types of plastic, furnace temperature, heat-treatment furnaces, loading and extraction, conveyor tending, controller setup, production parameters, quality inspection and operation records.
Salary context
Salary context depends on furnace type, temperature control, shift pattern, product tolerances, quality responsibility, material handling, maintenance tasks, lifting equipment use and records for each heat-treatment run.
Career paths
Development can move toward senior process operator, machine setter, quality control, plastics production technician, furnace maintenance support, production coordination or troubleshooting specialist for thermal processing.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name tempering, annealing, furnace operation, flame-hardening machines, plastic resins, cooling stages, discharge conveyors, product testing or defective material reporting.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
51-4191.00
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Occupation group
Plastic products machine operators (8142)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a5ceaae-0f05-4091-bdbf-59f250ce6374 |
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| ESCO code | 8142.10 |
| ISCO group | 8142 |
| Concept type | Occupation |