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Job Title:  Assistant Machine Operator

• Ensure
  stocks of needed materials are ready and available at all times.
• Create
  and maintain activity logs
• Provide
  relevant information regarding progress to supervisors.
• Observe
  machine operations to ensure quality and conformity of filled or packaged
  products to standards.
• Adjust
  machine components and machine tension and pressure according to size or
  processing angle of product.
• Tend
  or operate machine that packages product.
• Remove
  finished packaged items from machine and separate rejected items.
• Regulate
  machine flow, speed, or temperature.
• Stop
  or reset machines when malfunctions occur, clear machine jams, and report
  malfunctions to a supervisor.
• Secure
  finished packaged items by hand tying, sewing, gluing, stapling, or
  attaching fastener.
• Stock
  and sort product for packaging or filling machine operation, and replenish
  packaging supplies, such as wrapping paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons,
  glue, ink, or labels.
• Inspect
  and remove defective products and packaging material.
• Clean
  and remove damaged or otherwise inferior materials to prepare raw products
  for processing.
• Sort,
  grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight
  or measurement to meet specifications.
• Clean,
  oil, and make minor adjustments or repairs to machinery and equipment,
  such as opening valves or setting guides.
• Actively
  monitor the production line, watching for problems such as pile-ups, jams,
  or glue that isn’t sticking properly.
• Stack
  finished packaged items, or wrap protective material around each item and
  pack the items in cartons or containers.
• Start
  machine by engaging controls.
• Count
  and record finished and rejected packaged items.
• Package
  the product in the form in which it will be sent out, for example, filling
  bags with flour from a chute or spout.
• Supply
  materials to spindles, conveyors, hoppers, or other feeding devices and
  unload packaged product.
• Attach
  identification labels to finished packaged items, or cut stencils and
  stencil information on containers, such as lot numbers or shipping
  destinations.
• Clean
  packaging containers, line and pad crates, and/or assemble cartons to
  prepare for product packing.
• Perform
  any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

• The
  applicant should hold a Diploma or its equivalent in mechanical
  engineering.
• At
  least three years’ experience in a busy organization in the same industry
• High
  degree of integrity
• Concern
  for quality and order
• Team
  work and co-operation
• High
  confidentiality levels
• Excellent
  people skills
• Customer
  care skills
• Self
  organization

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