machine operator - plastic manufacturing

Education:

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.

Work site environment:

Air conditioned. Hot. Odours.

Tasks:

• Troubleshoot and make minor adjustments to equipment.
• Weigh resins, colorants and other chemicals according to formulae.
• Monitor and inspect quality of material produced.
• Place weighed materials in mixing machines.
• Operate mixing machine to blend plastic and other chemicals to a specific consistency and viscosity.
• Pack items for shipping and distribution.
• Set up and operate extruding machines to extrude plastic compound through a nozzle or die.
• Change dies on extruding machines according to production line change.
• Prepare and change moulds and adjust equipment for production line change.
• Use computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses :

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate.

Security and safety:

Criminal record check. Driving record check (abstract).

Transportation/travel information:

Public transportation is available.

Work conditions and physical capabilities:

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

Personal suitability:

• Dependability.
• Organized.
• Reliability.
• Team player.

Screening questions:

• Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
• Do you have experience working in this field?.

Experience:

Experience an asset.

Other benefits:

• Free parking available.
• Learning/training paid by employer.

Support for persons with disabilities:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities. Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities .

Support for newcomers and refugees:

Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .

Support for youths:

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.

Support for Veterans:

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans .

Support for Indigenous people:

• Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers .
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers .

Support for mature workers:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .

Supports for visible minorities:

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.