The Collar360

Plastic heat treatment equipment operator

Other names

heat treat operator, heat treating operator, heat treat technician, metallurgical process engineer, heat treating equipment operator, heat treating equipment setter, heat treatment equipment engineer

Chemicals, plastics and medicines

They run hot ovens and flame machines that heat plastic products, then cool, check and test them to see they are right.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Read production schedules and work orders to determine processing sequences, furnace temperatures, and heat cycle requirements for objects to be heat-treated.

  2. 2

    Record times that parts are removed from furnaces to document that objects have attained specified temperatures for specified times.

  3. 3

    Adjust controls to maintain temperatures and heating times, using thermal instruments and charts, dials and gauges of furnaces, and colour of stock in furnaces to make setting determinations.

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Sources

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
conducteur de traitement thermique/conductrice de traitement thermique
español
operador de equipos de tratamiento térmico del plástico/operadora de equipos de tratamiento térmico del plástico
العربية
مشغل معدات المعالجة الحرارية للبلاستيك / مشغلة معدات المعالجة الحرارية للبلاستيك
português
Operador de equipamentos térmicos de tratamento de plásticos/Operadora de equipamentos térmicos de tratamento de plásticos
Deutsch
Duroplastarbeiter/Duroplastarbeiterin
italiano
addetto al trattamento termico di materie plastiche/addetta al trattamento termico di materie plastiche

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