Fibreglass machine operator

Code 8142.5

Fibreglass machine operators control and maintain the machine that sprays a mix of resin and glass fibers onto products such as bathtubs or boat hulls to obtain strong and lightweight composite end-products.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • fibreglass laminating
  • coating substances

Skills and competences

  • Fabricación de moldes de producción
  • Laminado Automatizado de Materiales Compuestos
  • consult technical resources
  • monitor gauge
  • monitor processing environment conditions
  • control glass fibres flow
  • monitor automated machines
  • remove air bubbles from fibreglass
  • extract products from moulds
  • set up the controller of a machine
  • feed fibreglass machine
  • feed hoppers
  • tend fibreglass machine
  • optimise production processes parameters
  • trim excess material
  • troubleshoot
  • wear appropriate protective gear

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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