Products machine operators operate and monitor machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials and which make various plastic components and articles.
(a)     Tasks include -
operating and monitoring machines which knead and blend compounds to obtain plastic materials;
operating and monitoring machines which shape plastic materials by moulding, extrusion, blowing, cutting and other means;
operating and monitoring machines which laminate plastics and plastic impregnated materials or produce fibreglass;
encasing uncoated wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic;
examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications;
recycling waste plastic materials;
making artificial eyes and contact lens discs, making and repairing spectacle frames and plastic parts of orthopaedic appliances.