Heat sealing machine operator jobs in Finland
Heat sealing machine operators operate sealing and gluing machines to join items together for further processing or to seal products or packages, using heat.
Heat sealing machine operator – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 17.05 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 12.68 €/h |
| Top tenth | 22.02 €/h |
| Employees | 4,479 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 16.98 €/h | 2,199 |
| Men | 17.19 €/h | 2,280 |
Heat sealing machine operator - Which skills are essential?
Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.
Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.
Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.
Check the quality of basic materials used for the production of semi-finished and finished goods by assessing some of its characteristics and, if needed, select samples to be analysed.
Put the materials in an oven and heat them for a certain amount of time and to a specific temperature to shape or cure the material.
Maintain machinery and equipment for sealing materials together, to ensure that it is clean and in safe, working order. Perform routine maintenance on equipment and adjust when necessary, using hand and power tools.
Operate machines and equipment used for sealing products, packaging or other thermoplastic materials using heat.
Ensure that the assembled products are conform to the specifications given.
Types of materials of which the physical state changes when exposed to heat, as well as the specific manner in which the materials react to heat exposure.
The types of heat sealing that exist, for example induction sealing, induction welding, hot bar sealers, continuous heat sealing and impulse heat sealers and understand for which type of materials they are used.
Heat sealing machine operator - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Apply ergonomy principles in the organisation of the workplace while manually handling equipment and materials.
Use various techniques to ensure the product quality is respecting the quality standards and specifications. Oversee defects, packaging and sendbacks of products to different production departments.
Use a heat gun to warm up various surfaces such as wood, plastic, or metals to shape them, remove paint or other substances.
Repair broken components or systems of heat sealing machinery and equipment, using hand and power tools.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
Operate measurement instruments to measure parts of manufactured objects. Take into consideration specifications of manufacturers to perform the measuring.
Weigh materials and products, record weight and other relevant data on tags or labels.
Check products for quality on the production line and remove defective items before and after packaging.
Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
Operate the electric machine used to apply hot melt adhesive to join two pieces of material.
Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.
The manufacturing of items used in the daily life, personal use or daily practice. These products include protective safety equipment, drawing equipment, stamps, umbrellas, cigarette lighters, baskets, candles, and many other miscellaneous articles.
Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
Remove surplus of glue with a scraper.
The manufacture of products and equipment used for both outdoor and indoor sports activities, such as balls, rackets, ski's, surfboards, fishing, hunting, skating or fitness centre equipment.