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| MAJOR GROUP 8: PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
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Plant and machine operators and assemblers operate and
monitor industrial and agricultural machinery and equipment on
the spot or by remote control, drive and operate trains, motor
vehicles and mobile machinery and equipment, or assemble
products from component parts according to strict specifications
and procedures.
The work mainly calls for experience with and an
understanding of industrial and agricultural machinery and
equipment as well as an ability to cope with machine-paced
operations and to adapt to technological innovations. Most
occupations in this major group require skills at the second ISCO
skill level.
Tasks performed by plant and machine operators and
assemblers usually include: operating and monitoring mining or
other industrial machinery and equipment for processing metal,
minerals, glass, ceramics, wood, paper, or chemicals, as well
as operating and monitoring water-treating or electrical-power-
generating installations, and related plant; operating and
monitoring machinery and equipment used to produce articles made
of metal, minerals, chemicals, rubber, plastics, wood, paper,
textiles, fur, or leather, and which process foodstuffs and
related products operating printing and bookbinding machines;
driving and operating trains and motor vehicles; driving,
operating and monitoring mobile industrial and agricultural
machinery and equipment; assembling products from component
parts according to strict specifications and procedures.
Supervision of other workers may be included.
Occupations in this major group are classified into the
following sub-major groups:
81 Stationary-plant and related operators
82 Machine operators and assemblers
83 Drivers and mobile-plant operators
Note
Occupations are classified into Major group 7, Craft and
related trades workers if the tasks are carried out by hand and
by hand-powered and other tools and call for an understanding
of the work organisation, the materials and tools used, and the
nature and purpose of the final product.
Occupations are classified into Major group 9, Elementary
occupations if the tasks are of a simple and routine nature,
mainly entail the use of hand-held tools, some physical effort,
little or no previous experience and understanding of the work,
and limited initiative or judgement.
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