Profession optical disc moulding machine operator

Optical disc moulding machine operators tend moulding machines that melts polycarbonate pellets and inject the plastic into a mould cavity. The plastic is then cooled and solidifies, bearing the marks that can be digitally read.

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Personality Type

Knowledge

  • Quality standards

    The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

  • Coating substances

    Have knowledge of various types of coating, providing a workpiece with one or more finishing layers of resins, sugars, powders, inactive and insoluable fillers, waxes, gums, plasticisers, colouring materials, lacquer, and others.

Skills

  • Monitor automated machines

    Continuously check up on the automated machine's set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.

  • Troubleshoot

    Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

  • Supply machine

    Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.

  • Manipulate plastic

    Manipulate the properties, shape and size of plastic.

  • Electroform

    Electroform music or computer data from a glass master on a nickel submaster in a chemical bath.

  • Place record labels

    Place record labels over top and bottom centre pins of the press, manually or by the use of lacquers.

  • Set up the controller of a machine

    Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

  • Run test pressings

    Run a series of test pressings, testing both the stamper and the moulded disc before initiating the production process.

  • Tend injection moulding machine

    Operate and monitor a machine that contains a reciprocating screw that forces the raw material forwards while inducing melting, and injects the molten plastic into a mould.

Optional knowledge and skills

clean moulds oversee quality control trim excess materials tend stamping press apply a protective layer check quality of raw materials prepare workpieces for engraving retain record samples wear appropriate protective gear master disc manufacturing pack fragile items for transportation keep records of work progress screen printing process perform machine maintenance handle etching chemicals prepare workpieces for etching extract products from moulds record production data for quality control

Source: Sisyphus ODB