plastic products manufacturing labourer

at  EPL Plastics

WORK CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Manual dexterity
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Fast-paced environment
• Overtime required
• Ability to distinguish between colours

• Assist machine operators or assemblers in manufacturing process
• Transport material and tools to and from work areas
• Adjust calender rollers for production line change
• Weigh resins, colorants and other chemicals according to formulae
• Unload mixture into container or conveyor for further processing
• Place weighed materials in mixing machines
• Operate mixing machine to blend plastic and other chemicals to a specific consistency and viscosity
• Follow formulation card to mix resin batches for injection moulding process
• Change dies on extruding machines according to production line change
• Assist in operation, repair and maintenance
• Monitor and inspect quality of material produced
• Trimming and sanding plastic or fiberglass parts
• Prepare and change moulds and adjust equipment for production line change
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Set up and operate calender machines to transform plastic bales or slabs into continuous sheets or films of specified thickness