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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.7 - operating metal, plastic or rubber forming equipment Operate plastic machinery
Description
Operate machines and equipment used for creating plastic parts and products such as injection, extrusion, compression or blow moulding machines.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 7 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Plastic furniture machine operatorPlastic furniture machine operators tend plastic processing machines that produce pieces such as plastic chairs and tables. They inspect each resulting product, detect abnormalitie…
- Brush makerBrush makers insert different types of material such as horsehair, vegetable fiber, nylon, and hog bristle into metal tubes called ferrules. They insert a wooden or aluminium plug …
Optional for
- Medical device assemblerMedical device assemblers manufacture instruments, machines and appliances that can be used to prevent, diagnose or treat medical conditions. Medical devices can be non-electrical,…
- Plastic products assemblerPlastic products assemblers fit and fasten parts and finished plastic products according to strictly-defined procedures. Plastic products assemblers may also cut and shape plastic …
- ToymakerToymakers create or reproduce hand-made objects for sale and exhibition made of various materials such as plastic, wood and textile. They develop, design and sketch the object, sel…
- Recreation model makerRecreation model makers design and construct recreation scale models from various materials such as plastic, wood, wax and metals, mostly by hand. Minimum qualifications No formal …
- Doll makerDoll makers design, create and repair dolls using various materials such as porcelain, wood or plastic. They build moulds of forms and attach parts using adhesives and handtools. D…
Related skills
- Functionalities of machinery
- Types of plastic
- Finish plastic products
- Repair plastic machinery
- Maintain plastic machinery
- Manipulate plastic
- Apply a protective layer
- Create smooth wood surface
- Assemble plastic parts
- Pack goods
- Manipulate wood
- Operate wood sawing equipment
- Set up the controller of a machine
Last updated on February 18, 2026
