Plastic furniture machine operator jobs in Finland
Plastic furniture machine operators tend plastic processing machines that produce pieces such as plastic chairs and tables. They inspect each resulting product, detect abnormalities and remove inadequate pieces. In some cases, they may assemble different plastic parts to obtain the final product.
Plastic furniture machine operator – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 17.48 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 13.58 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.03 €/h |
| Employees | 7,134 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 15.82 €/h | 1,455 |
| Men | 17.92 €/h | 5,679 |
Plastic furniture machine operator - Which skills are essential?
Finish the product by sanding, branding and polishing the plastic surface.
Manipulate the properties, shape and size of plastic.
Maintain machinery and equipment for making plastic goods, 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.
Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.
Parts of the machine that melts and injects molten plastic into moulds such as the hopper, the reciprocating screw, the injection barrel and the injection cylinder.
Fill up moulds with appropriate materials and ingredient mixes.
Apply moulding techniques.
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.
Operate and monitor a machine that contains a reciprocating screw that forces the raw material forwards while inducing melting, and injects the molten plastic into a mould.
Remove finished products from moulds and examine them in detail for anomalies.
Apply a layer of protective solutions such as permethrine to protect the product from damage such as corrosion, fire or parasites, using a spray gun or paintbrush.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Operate machines and equipment used for creating plastic parts and products such as injection, extrusion, compression or blow moulding machines.
Types of plastic materials and their chemical composition, physical properties, possible issues and usage cases.
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.
Align and arrange plastic parts in order to assemble complete products, using the appropriate hand tools.
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.
Plastic furniture machine operator - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Construct moulds for the casting of objects in plaster, clay, glass, plastic or metal. Use casting machines and materials such as rubber, plaster or fibreglass.
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.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
Test processed workpieces or products for basic faults.
Perform tests on products' models to analyse the ability of products to endure temperature, loads, motion, vibration and other factors.
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.
Use a paint gun to coat or paint surfaces of items which are stationary or moving on a conveyor belt. Load the equipment with the suitable type of paint and spray the paint onto the surface in an even and controlled manner to prevent paint from dripping or splashing.
Repair broken components or systems of machinery and equipment used for making plastic products or parts, using hand and power tools.
Drawing software and the various symbols, perspectives, units of measurement, notation systems, visual styles and page layouts used in technical drawings.
Apply the most optimal spraying techniques, such as a perpendicular spraying angle, maintenance at a consistent distance, trigger the spray gun gradually, overlap surface spots, and others.
Analyse the ability of products to endure stress imposed by temperature, loads, motion, vibration and other factors, by using mathematical formulas and computer simulations.
Repair mould malfunctions and damage, e.g. cracks or broken edges; use hand tools, mould boxes and patterns.
Operate a semi-automatic or handheld spray gun designed to provide the surface of a workpiece with a hard, durable finishing coat, safely and according to regulations.
Write down a report with all your findings encountered during the stress analysis. Write down performances, failures and other conclusions.
Design prototypes of products or components of products by applying design and engineering principles.
Evaluate when to invest in replacing machines or machine tools and take the necessary actions.