cake press operator
Cake press operators set up and tend the hydraulic presses that compress and bake plastic chips into cake moulds to produce plastic sheets. They regulate and adjust the pressure and temperature.
Also called: plastic cake press operator, cake press setter, plastic production process worker, cake press worker, hydraulic press tender, plastic production process operative, plastic cake press operative, hydraulic press setter
- 20
- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8142
- ISCO-08 group
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Essential skills
20- consult technical resources
- ensure mould uniformity
- extract products from moulds
- fill moulds
- hydraulic press parts
- monitor automated machines
- monitor gauge
- monitor valves
- move filled moulds
- operate hydraulic machinery controls
- operate rollers
- optimise production processes parameters
- plastic resins
- quality standards
- set press-cycle time
- set up the controller of a machine
- trim excess material
- troubleshoot
- types of plastic
- use personal protection equipment
Optional skills
20- add colour
- assemble moulds
- carry out work-related measurements
- feed hoppers
- hydraulics
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- maintain equipment
- maintain moulds
- measure materials
- mechanics
- mix moulding and casting material
- operate lifting equipment
- pallets loading
- perform test run
- replace filled pallets
- report defective manufacturing materials
- solve technical problems
- types of moulding
- write batch record documentation
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