Heat up vacuum forming medium

Description

Switch on the medium heater to heat the vacuum forming medium to the right temperator before using the vacuum to press it onto the mould. Make sure the medium is at a high enough temperature to be malleable, but not so high as to introduce wrinkles or webbing in the final product.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 1 occupations
  • Optional in 0 occupations
  • Total: 1 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)

Essential for

  • Vacuum forming machine operator
    Vacuum forming machine operators tend, control, and maintain machines that heat sheets of plastic before moving them around a mould, using vacuum-suction; when these sheets become …

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Last updated on February 19, 2026

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