Plastic Processing Operator
ITI trade Plastic Processing Operator is powered by NCVT. ITI trade Plastic Processing Operator is a job oriented trade ITI trade Plastic Processing Operator is suitable for government job and private job. This ITI trade Plastic Processing Operator is very powerful for self-empowerment. This ITI trade Plastic Processing Operator is perfectly design to fulfill industrial requirement of Indian Industries as well as International industries.
The Plastic Processing Operator trade under CTS is one of the popular courses delivered nationwide through network of ITIs. The course is of one-year (02 semester) duration. It mainly consists of Domain area and Core area. In the Domain area (Trade Theory & Practical) impart professional skills and knowledge, while Core area (Workshop Calculation & science, Engineering Drawing and Employability Skills) impart requisite core skill, knowledge and life skills. After passing out the training program, the trainee is awarded National Trade Certificate (NTC) by NCVT which is recognized worldwide.
Plastic Processing Operator has a wide scope of Employability ranging from selfemployment, contractual employment to Industrial jobs. On successful completion of this course, the candidates shall be gainfully employed in the industries for following occupations:
- Supervisor and Foreman, Plastic
- Products Making
- Plastic Moulding Shop Supervisor
- Plastic Moulding Technician or Operator
- Moulder, Hand (Plastic)
- Plastic Products Making Operatives, Other
JOB ROLE
Supervisor and Foreman, Plastic Products Making; supervises various plastics product manufacturing processes and ensures proper use of men and materials. Studies specifications, arranges for materials, tools and equipment and guides setting of machines, tools, die, moulds, etc., according to type of article to be made. Gets trial piece made, checks it for dimensions, form and composition and makes alterations if necessary to ensure conformation to prescribed specifications. Supervises machine and other manufacturing processes such as extruding, moulding, injecting of material, etc. and ensures correct production. Maintains necessary records, ensures proper use of men and material and develops methods to minimise wastage. May conduct running repairs of machines and equipment to keep them in working condition.
Plastic Moulding Shop Supervisor; is responsible for supervising the PVC moulding and extrusion activities to create well formed PVC parts for automobile components, maintaining process parameters, conducting quality checks on output product, deploying manpower as per requirement, guiding operatives and technicians to complete the assigned task, maintaining a safe and healthy working environment on the shop floor and maintaining records related to production, rejections, material movement and manpower productivity for a line/shift
Plastic Moulding Technician or Operator; manages the specifications of the plastic and its granules, setting up and operating the moulding machinery and forming and finishing the output.
Moulder, Hand (Plastic); moulds plastics sheets into desired shapes in hand moulding press. Studies specifications for moulded product and assembles mould. Determines weight of charge, pressure, temperature and curing time for moulding; collects plastic sheets, cuts them to required size and heats them on electrically operated heater to soften for moulding; removes sheet when sufficiently heated and places it in female of wooden mould, fixes wooden slab ofmould to keep sheet in position and inserts male block of mould; sets mould in hand press and manipulates controls to compress material and form material to shape of mould; removes moulded plastics object after specified time-interval by opening mould; examines and gaugesproduct for conformity to plant or customer standards. May make minor adjustments in moulding procedure to eliminate defects, and remould product.
Plastic Products Making Operatives, Other; perform number of routine and low skilled tasks in manufacturing plastics products, such as arranging and loading plastics or plastics impregnated sheets, assisting Printing Machine Operator, cleaning and finishing moulded plastics products etc. and are designated as: Laminating Press Helper (Plastics) if assists Laminating Press Operator by counting sheets of resin impregnated wood, fabric, paper, or other materials, by wiping surface of metal plates with cloth and special solution to prevent sticking, and by stacking sheets between plain or engraved plates.
Semester – I
- (i) Check and perform measuring, marking, Hack sawing, filling by using various measuring, marking, cutting and finishing tools.
- (ii) Check and perform drilling, tapping, dieing by using different related tools.
- (iii) Test and Perform basic electrical earthings with the accessories fittings on board.
- (iv) Identify different plastic materials and test the properties of material by using various test apparatus.
- (v) Identify, set and produce good quality of injection moulding items and check the defects.
- (vi) Identify, set, maintain and produce good quality of injection moulding items by using automatic injection moulding machine with the application of Microprocessor control and PLC.
- (vii) Produce good quality of compression moulded items and check the defects by using compression mounding machine
- (viii) Identify and perform and different FRP processing techniques.
Semester – II
- (ix) Identify and produce good quality of blow moulding items and inspect the finished product.
- (x) Perform simple pneumatic circuits.
- (xi) Identify different parts, set and operate the blown film plant.
- (xii) Operate the pipe plant and produce good quality pipe
- (xiii) Operate the reprocessing plant and produce reprocessed granules.
- (xiv) Install and Operate thermoforming machine and identify cycle of thermoforming Produce good quality of thermoforming product and check the defects.
- (xv) Produce good quality of rotomoulding product and check the defects.
- (xvi) Identify and Perform predrying process using different materials.
- (xvii) Carry out different machining operations on plastic sheets/blocks.
- (xviii) Revision, Project work and Examination
During the one-year duration of Plastic Processing Operator trade, a candidate is trained on Professional Skill, Professional Knowledge, Engineering Drawing, Workshop Calculation & Science and Employability Skill. In addition to this, a candidate is entrusted to undertake project work and extracurricular activities to build up confidence. The broad components covered related to the trade are categorized in four semesters each of six months duration. The semester wise course coverage is categorized as below:
1 st Semester - In this semester the trainee learns about safety and environment, use of fire extinguishers, artificial respiratory resuscitation to begin with. He gets the idea of trade tools & its standardization, Familiarize with basic fitting, basic of electricity, identification of plastics. Skilling practice of injection moulding and compression moulding. The process of FRP and also construction of hydraulic circuits. They will also skilled with different project works.
2 nd Semester - In this semester the trainee learns about process of Blow moulding, extrusion and thermoforming. They will skilled with rotational moulding process. They will also perform of construction of Pneumatic circuits. They will also skilled in fabrication of plastic and predrying process. They will also skilled with different project works.
