Occupation Atlasplastic heat treatment equipment operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4a5ceaae-0f05-4091-bdbf-59f250ce6374
plastic heat treatment equipment operator
Plastic heat treatment equipment operators manipulate plastic products using machinery such as furnaces or flame-hardening machines in order to temper, anneal or heat-treat. They set up the machinery and read the production instructions to determine the furnace temperature. Plastic heat treatment equipment operators remove products from machines, let them cool down, examine and test products to see if they conform to specifications.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
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- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.82
- C Conventional4.07
- I Investigative2.20
- S Social1.57
- A Artistic1.00
- E Enterprising1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (51-4191.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (17)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- consult technical resources
- extract materials from furnace
- load materials into furnace
- maintain furnace temperature
- measure furnace temperature
- monitor automated machines
- operate heat treatment furnace
- optimise production processes parameters
- plastic resins
- prevent damage in a furnace
- quality standards
- record furnace operations
- set up the controller of a machine
- tend discharge conveyor
- troubleshoot
- types of plastic
- use personal protection equipment
Optional (16)
- check quality of raw materials
- cool materials
- feed hoppers
- inspect quality of products
- keep records of work progress
- keep stock records
- maintain equipment
- mechanics
- mix moulding and casting material
- operate lifting equipment
- perform test run
- report defective manufacturing materials
- solve technical problems
- test chemical samples
- types of metal
- types of metal manufacturing processes
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
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