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94212 – Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors assemble, finish and inspect plastic parts and finished products. They are employed by plastic products manufacturing companies and plastic parts divisions of aircraft or other manufacturing companies.
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Example titles
- Fibreglass laminator
- Plastic bottle trimmer
- Plastic parts assembler
- Plastic products fabricator
- Plastic products inspector and tester
- Plastic tank assembler
- Plastics assembler
- Plastics inspector
- Plastics trimmer
- Skylight assembler - plastic products manufacturing
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Plastic products assemblers and finishers
- Operate machines or equipment, or use hand tools to cut, shape, splice and fit plastic materials to form parts and assemblies
- Assemble composite materials on patterns to form parts and assemblies using bonding agents
- Operate spray-gun unit to apply resin mixtures to metal or wooden mould to form plastic products
- Load and operate autoclave oven to cure and bond plastic and composite parts and subassemblies
- Operate finishing equipment to trim, grind or buff plastic products into final form.
Plastic products inspectors
- Inspect manufactured plastic products for defects and conformance to specifications and quality standards, visually or using instruments
- Affix seals or tags to approved plastic products and mark and reroute defective products for repair or recycle
- Prepare reports on products inspected
- Make minor adjustments and repairs to products
- May train or assist in training new workers.
Employment requirements
- Secondary school education is usually required.
- Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required for assemblers, finishers and inspectors.
- On-the-job training is provided.
Additional information
- Mobility among the various workers in this unit group is possible.
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 9 – Occupations in manufacturing and utilities
- TEER
- 4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training
- Major group
- 94 – Machine operators, assemblers and inspectors in processing, manufacturing and printing
- Sub-major group
- 942 – Assemblers and inspectors in manufacturing
- Minor group
- 9421 – Furniture, wood, plastic and other products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
- Version
- NOC 2021 Version 1.0