About this career
Cake press operators set up and tend the hydraulic presses that compress and bake plastic chips into cake moulds to produce plastic sheets. They regulate and adjust the pressure and temperature.
Essential skills
consult technical resources
ensure mould uniformity
extract products from moulds
fill moulds
monitor automated machines
monitor gauge
monitor valves
move filled moulds
operate hydraulic machinery controls
operate rollers
optimise production processes parameters
set press-cycle time
set up the controller of a machine
trim excess material
troubleshoot
use personal protection equipment
Required knowledge
hydraulic press parts
plastic resins
quality standards
types of plastic
Additional skills
add colour
assemble moulds
carry out work-related measurements
feed hoppers
inspect quality of products
keep records of work progress
maintain equipment
maintain moulds
measure materials
mix moulding and casting material
operate lifting equipment
pallets loading
perform test run
replace filled pallets
report defective manufacturing materials
solve technical problems
write batch record documentation
hydraulics
mechanics
types of moulding
Also known as
plastic cake press operator
cake press setter
plastic production process worker
cake press worker
hydraulic press tender
plastic production process operative
plastic cake press operative
hydraulic press setter
cake press tender
hydraulic press worker
hydraulic press operative
plastic cake press tender
cake press operative
hydraulic cake press operator
plastic cake press setter
plastic production process operator
plastic cake press worker
