Machine or Plant Operator
As a concrete products or stone processing machine operator, you operate machines to manufacture moulded concrete products, or cut and finish stones for tiles, building blocks and facing.
As a cement production plant operator you produce cement, lime and clinker, while a concrete batching plant operator produces batches of concrete from cement, sand, aggregate, water and other ingredients.
Plant operator earn more on average than machine operators.
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Benefits
- Outdoor work
- No qualification required
- Physical work
A typical day may involve:
- monitoring the flow of raw materials and products into machines, and adjusting valves and controls to specifications
- setting up and installing moulds and other machine fixtures
- maintaining plant
- setting grinds and cutting edges
- collecting and examining samples for conformity to specifications and adjusting machine settings accordingly
- using hand tools to cut, inscribe and polish roughly hewn stone to finished condition
- weighing and mixing ingredients
It helps to be good at:
- Using tools and machines
- Communicating clearly
Qualifications/pathway options:
- Cert III Manufactured Mineral Products
- Cert III Concreting
- Cert III Process Plant Operations
- Traineeship
You may be able to work in:
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Wholesale Trade
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Earthmoving Plant Operator
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Concreter
- Concrete Pump Operator
