Paper machine operator
Also searched as: Operador de máquina de papel
Code 8171.5
What does a Paper machine operator do?
Paper machine operators tend a machine that takes in pulp slurry, spread it out over a screen, and drains out the water. The drained slurry is then pressed and dried to produce paper.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- quality standards
- types of paper
- types of pulp
Skills and competences
- supply machine
- concentrate pulp slurry
- monitor paper reel
- monitor pulp quality
- monitor automated machines
- apply paper coating
- set up the controller of a machine
- operate headbox
- operate paper press
- operate paper drying cylinders
- troubleshoot
- work safely with machines
- wear appropriate protective gear
Transversal competences
- check paper quality
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences