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Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department DET ITI ADMISSION PORTAL
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Plastic Processing Operator

Skills taught in ITI

  • Operation, control, and monitoring of machines and equipment
  • Operate various types of plastic moulding machines like injection moulding machine, extrusion moulding machine, and compression moulding machine
  • Setting mould
  • Setting parameters in the machine to make a mould
  • Operate and control microprocessor based control machines like injection, extrusion, and blow moulding machines
  • Study of plastic materials and testing of plastics
  • Learn about processing defects, causes and their remedies
  • Different processing techniques and preventive maintenance of machines

Skills needed by Industry

  • Proficiency in safe working practices, environment regulations, and housekeeping
  • Ability to perform mould setting and set parameters for a trial run in the machine
  • Well-versed with processing defects, causes and remedies
  • Maintenance of the machine

Job Opportunities

  • Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)
  • Private sector companies like Motherson Automotive Technology and Engineering, Karthiga Plastics, Sri Pet Bottles, & Hyundai
  • Micro, small & medium Industries

Upskilling Opportunities

  • Apprenticeship (NAC Certificate)
  • Crafts Instructor Training Scheme (CITS) to become an instructor in ITIs
  • Diploma Courses in polytechnic colleges

Trade Details

Duration
1 year
Qualification
10th Standard
Sector
Chemicals & Petrochemicals
Councelling seats
60
Management seats
0
Total seats
60

Career Pathway

Entry Level
Workshop Assistant in ITIs Operator Assistant
Mid Level
Junior Training Officer in ITIs Junior Operator or Mould Setter
Senior Level
Assistant Training Officers in ITIs Supervisor or Foreman Institutes offering the course

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