Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• J - Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities
• J1 - Machine Operators in Manufacturing
• J13 - Machine Operators and Related Workers in Chemical, Plastic and Rubber Processing

J132 - Plastics Processing Machine Operators

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with setting-up and operating mixing, calendering, extruding, moulding and other processing machines used in the manufacture of plastic parts and products.

• Example Titles

  • Bag machine operator, plastic
  • Bag maker, cellophane
  • Bakelite mixer, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Banbury operator, plastic
  • Blender plastic and synthetic resin
  • Blow moulding operator, plastic
  • Calender operator, plastic
  • Casting-room operator, plastic products
  • Cellophane-bag-machine operator
  • Coagulation operator, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Coagulator, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Colour man, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Compounder, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Compression-plastic moulder
  • Debubblizer, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Extruder operator, plastic
  • Injection moulding operator, plastic
  • Injection-plastic moulder
  • Laminator operator, plastic processing
  • Lead operator, blow moulding, plastic
  • Lead operator, injection moulding, plastic
  • Mixer, bakelite, plastic products
  • Mixing-machine operator, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Mould setter, plastic products
  • Moulder, plastic products
  • Moulding-machine operator, injection, plastic
  • Plastic moulder
  • Plastic sheets impregnator-corrugator
  • Plastic-bag maker
  • Plastic-casket moulder
  • Press operator, plastic products
  • Roll operator, plastic products
  • Roper operator, plastic products
  • Set-up operator, plastic
  • Shaper, plastic products
  • Sheeter operator, plastic products
  • Solution mixer, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Solvent mixer, plastic and synthetic resin
  • Thiokol operator, plastic products
  • Tuber operator, plastic products
  • Vapourizer, plastic products

• Exclusion

  • Supervisors of plastics processing machine operators (See J014 Supervisors, Plastic and Rubber Products Manufacturing)
  • Workers that produce plastic products by assembling plastic parts (See J225 Plastic Products Assemblers, Finishers and Inspectors)