DOT Code: 553.685-014

Industry: plastic prod.
Alternate Titles: vacuum-forming-machine operator

Tends heating and vacuum equipment to cure preformed plastic parts: Positions part in plastic bag and seals bag with hot iron. Inserts vacuum tube in bag and seals bag around tube with tape. Places part on cart, connects vacuum line to tube to remove air from bag, and smooths bag around part with brush to ensure complete vacuum. Pushes cart into curing oven or places part in autoclave. Sets oven controls or turns air-pressure valve of autoclave, as specified, to cure part. Removes part and cuts away plastic bag, using knife. May form part by positioning plastic sheet and mold in plastic bag, heating sheet under lamps, and forcing conformation of sheet to mold by vacuum pressure of bag. May impregnate fabric with plastic resins and cut fabric into strips for use in laminating preformed part.

GOE: 06.04.13 STRENGTH: H GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77