Plastic products assembler jobs in Finland
Plastic products assemblers fit and fasten parts and finished plastic products according to strictly-defined procedures. Plastic products assemblers may also cut and shape plastic parts using hand, power, and machine tools.
Plastic products assembler – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 15.93 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 12.02 €/h |
| Top tenth | 20.78 €/h |
| Employees | 4,742 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 15.17 €/h | 1,140 |
| Men | 16.20 €/h | 3,602 |
Plastic products assembler - Which skills are essential?
Finish the product by sanding, branding and polishing the plastic surface.
Inspect product parts for faults or damages, using testing equipment if necessary, and check that the received lot is complete before assembling the finished products.
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.
Manipulate the properties, shape and size of plastic.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report 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.
Check and safely operate machines and equipment required for your work according to manuals and instructions.
Types of plastic materials and their chemical composition, physical properties, possible issues and usage cases.
Set up or adjust machine controls to regulate conditions such as material flow, temperature, or pressure.
Schedule and perform regular maintenance, cleaning, and repairs of all equipment. Order necessary machine parts and upgrade equipment when necessary to ensure optimal performance.
Align and arrange plastic parts in order to assemble complete products, using the appropriate hand tools.
Fasten components together according to blueprints and technical plans in order to create subassemblies or finished products.
Understand and use technical documentation in the overall technical process.
Plastic products assembler - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Operate recycling processing equipment such as granulators, crushers and balers; process and sort materials to be recycled.
Keep records of the machine's faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
Prepare and measure the basic materials that are needed to produce goods and finished products.
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.
Manage reception of raw materials. Receive raw materials from the suppliers. Check for quality and accuracy and move into the warehouse. Make sure that raw materials are adequately stored until they are required by the production department.
Observe and supervise the packaging operations undertaken by the workers for compliance to production requirements. Check products for proper packaging such as labelling and date coding in order to ensure appropriate and safe transportation.
Methods to join softened plastic surfaces, usually by heating and applying pressure, such as heat sealing, laser welding, high frequency welding and ultrasonic welding.
Repair broken components or systems of machinery and equipment used for making plastic products or parts, using hand and power tools.
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.
The various types of screws that can be manufactured, such as a cap screw, setscrew with hollow head, machine screw with oval head, machine screw with Philips head, flat-head wood screw, lag screw, self-tapping screw, and others.
Ensure that goods are labeled with all necessary labeling information (e.g. legal, technological, hazardous and others) regarding the product. Ensure that labels respects the legal requirements and adhere to regulations.
Operate various kinds of tools and equipment used in riveting processes, such a pin hammer and a rivet set, handheld squeezers, a hammer and bucking bar, a pneumatic hammer, a rivet gun, and others.
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 machines and equipment used for creating plastic parts and products such as injection, extrusion, compression or blow moulding machines.
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.
Read the technical drawings of a product made by the engineer in order to suggest improvements, make models of the product or operate it.
Implement and monitor the packaging process; ensure that parts are processed and packed in compliance with production requirements.
Develop a code of letters and numbers to label diagrams for assembly instructions.
The various types of rivets used in manufacturing, such as solid head rivets, blind rivets, drive rivets, semi-tubular rivets, oscar rivets, flush rivets, and others.
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.
Tend a metalworking machine designed to join metal pieces by automatically shooting mechanical fasteners, rivets, into them, monitor and operate it according to regulations.
The processes and materials used to create safety equipment such as fire-fighting equipment, gas masks or headgear.
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.