Plastic Cablemaking Machine Operator

Overview

Plastic Cablemaking Machine Operators operate extruding machines to encase wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic or rubber.

Day-to-day

• operates controls to regulate temperature, pressure, speed and flow of operation
• measures and loads materials, items and ingredients for mixing into machines and feeding mechanisms
• monitors operation, regulates material supply and adds chemicals and colorants to mixture
• threads uncoated wire and cable through plastic coating machines, around take-up reels and through dies and cooling chambers
• operates rollers to remove air
• operates vulcaniser presses and controls curing
• examines output for defects and conformity to specifications
• performs minor repairs and maintains production records.

Considerations

• physically demanding.