Paper pulp moulding operator jobs in Finland
Paper pulp moulding operators tend a machine that moulds paper pulp in various shapes, usually for use in lightweight but sturdy packaging material, such as egg boxes.
Paper pulp moulding operator – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 27.53 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 20.12 €/h |
| Top tenth | 33.63 €/h |
| Employees | 5,531 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 24.59 €/h | 677 |
| Men | 27.86 €/h | 4,854 |
Paper pulp moulding operator - Which skills are essential?
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
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.
Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.
Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
Monitor the flow of the work pieces on the conveyor belt as they are processed by the machine to ensure optimal productivity.
Apply moulding techniques.
Avoid lesser quality and lower grades of recycled paper and pulp by keeping an eye open for stickies, plastics, colour, unbleached fibres, brightness, and dirt.
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.
Carry out minor repair tasks and maintenance of moulds and mould parts.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Field of information which distinguishes different kinds of moulded fibres such as thickwall, transfer moulded, thermoformed, and processed fibre types.
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.
Shape paperboard flats by using formation moulds, which vacuum pulp and windsoft the excess material. Transfer the materials to a conveyor belt. Apply waterproof lubricants so the flats won't stick to the mould and put the flats in an oven, after which the rigid material is stacked and made ready to be packaged.
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.
Kinds of pulp are distinguished based on their fibre type and the specific chemical processes through which they were created.
Paper pulp moulding operator - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Tend packaging machines such as filling, labelling, and sealing machines. Stock and sort products to be processed according to specifications. Replenish packaging supplies as required, such as boxes, cartons, wrapping paper, plastic sheet, glue, ink, or labels.
Acquire test samples at various stages of the paper deinking and paper recycling process. Process the samples, e.g. by adding a measured amount of dye solution, and test them to determine values such as the pH level, the tear resistance or the degree of disintegration.
Select the appropriate type and size of mould based on the operation.
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.
Oversee pulp quality based on their pulping process, raw materials, yield, fibre length and other categories such as dirt, moisture content, porosity, density, and brightness.
Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
Measure the weight and concentration of the pulp slurry for further processing and storage by using disk filters and calculating slurry density with specific formulas.
Maintain records and process facts and figures about type and volume of different recycling operations.
Dispose of waste materials which pose no risk to health and safety in a manner which complies with recycling and waste management procedures.
Open valve to admit water into pulp-mixing vat. Weigh and dump specified amounts of different ingredients such as scrap paper, rosin, wax and other binders into the vat. Transfer the mixed slurry to a storage or slurry tank.
Remove finished products from moulds and examine them in detail for anomalies.
Perform regular maintenance, possibly including corrections and alterations, on a machine or machine tool to ensure it remains in a proper productive state.
Prepare a comprehensive and unbiased report on wood technology production and progressive development of wood based materials.
Coordinate and oversee shipments of recycling materials. Communicate with processing companies and shipping brokers.
Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.
Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
Clean the mould using water, grease or oil, washing and scraping them by hand.
Adjust the temperature of the curing ovens by turning dials so that it is set to the correct parameters.
Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
Various deinking processes such as flotation, bleaching, and washing. These are used to remove ink from the paper in preparation for producing new paper.
Set up and monitor the blender that crushes wastepaper and dry pulp sheets and mixes them with water to produce slurry for the production of paper and paper-related products.