PRODUCTIVE SERVICES - PLASTIC EDUCA
The Plastics Training Specialists

Entry Level & Setting Plastics Manufacturing Equipment

This Training Workshop is intended for people who need to learn and understand the basics of how an Injection Moulder or Extrusion Blow Moulder works, appreciate that plastics have varying behaviours, and need to be able to set or advise on setting the plastics manufacturing machinery to achieve and maintain a consistent quality output at the correct speed and cost.

People who should attend:
Production and Quality Trainees, Setters, Production Foremen, Production technicians, team Leaders, etc. that need and have the capability to be fast tracked. Please feel free to discuss course entrance level with us.


Venue: Run in-plant
Min / Max no of candidates: 5 / 9 learners
Available Technologies: Injection Moulding or Extrusion Blow Moulding
Duration: 8 Days

This Training Workshop involves improving individual and team proficiency in the following areas:     

  • Raw Material basics
  • Records and Maintenance
  • Injection Moulding Basics
  • Start-ups
  • Safety and Housekeeping
  • Shut-downs
  • Time Management
  • Purging techniques
  • Quality Basics
  • Set-up Sheets
  • Problem Solving
  • Settings and Effects
  • Injection Moulding Theory
  • Faults and Rectification
  • Material Characteristics
  • Team Setting Exercises
  • Mould Designs
  • Analysis of Simulation Exercises 

COURSE OVERVIEW
This programme is aimed at assisting novice learners (operators, packers, quality inspectors, machine minders) achieve competence on the following:

•    Raw Material basics
•    Health, Safety & housekeeping
•    Process technology basics
•    Monitoring & operating the equipment
•    Product quality inspection
•    Finished goods handling
•    Basic maintenance
•    Principles of Quality and applications
•    Time Management
•    Teamwork & communication
•    Basic & Intermediate Raw materials
•    Raw material preparation and control
•    Waste management
•    Health, Safety & housekeeping application
•    Process Operations and change-overs
•    Start-up & Shut down the equipment
•    Basic maintenance
•    Plastic Raw material processing & behaviours
•    Setting up production equipment 
•    Setting production
•    Use of information resources
•    Moulds
•    Ancilliary equipment
•    Waste management & control
•    Health, Safety & housekeeping application
•    Optimising change-overs
•    Maintenance contributions
•    Plastic Raw material behaviours in the process
•    Optimising production equipment 
•    Understanding the formation and dismantling of quality defects
•    Use of information resources and problem solving
•    Understanding controls,  
•    Setter contributions
•    Formative assessments & related assignments