94111 Plastics processing machine operators

What this occupation covers

Plastics processing machine operators set up and operate plastic mixing, calendering, extruding and moulding processing machines used in the manufacture of plastic parts and plastic products. They are employed by plastic products manufacturing companies.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 17 main duties for this code.

• Weigh resins, colourants and other chemicals according to formula
• Place weighed materials in mixing machine and operate machine to blend plastic and other chemicals to a specified consistency or viscosity
• Monitor operation, regulate material supply and add chemicals and colourants to mixture
• Operate controls to regulate temperature, speed and other processing conditions
• Unload mixture into container or conveyor for further processing
• Maintain and perform minor repairs on machinery as required
• Maintain inventory of material and clean working area.
• Set up and operate calendering machines which transform dough-consistent plastic mass into continuous sheets or films of specified thickness
• Troubleshoot, maintain and make minor repairs to equipment and adjust calender rollers for production line change
• Monitor quality of material produced
• Set up and operate one or more extruding machines which extrude plastic composites products through a nozzle or die
• Change dies on extruding machines according to production line change
• Troubleshoot, maintain and make minor repairs to equipment
• Set up and operate one or more moulding machines which mould plastic products according to specifications
• Change moulds and adjust equipment for production line change
• Monitor quality of material produced and adjust machine settings as required
• Follow formulation card to mix ingredient batches for injection moulding process

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 3 of its 17 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 95104 Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing
• 94212 Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
• 94112 Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
• 92013 Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing

Excluded from this code

• Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing (See 95104 Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing)
• Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors (See 94212 Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors)
• Rubber processing machine operators and related workers (See 94112 Rubber processing machine operators and related workers)
• Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing (See 92013 Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

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Employment requirements

• For all operators in this unit group, completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several years of experience as a helper, tender or packer in the same company may be required.
• Completion of a statistical process control (SPC) course may be required.
• Completion of courses in hydraulics, pneumatics and electronics systems may be required for moulding process operators.
• On-the-job training is provided.