Abrasive Blasting Operator Stationary Plant & Machine Operators

The various types and properties of fine, abrasive materials used for abrasive blasting, such as white aluminium oxide, white aluminium oxide, steel grit, silicon carbide, and others.

The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.

The various parts of a type of sand blasting machinery, their qualities and applications, such as a treadle, blast nozzle, dust collecter, filter, abrasive materials and others.

Ensure that the necessary equipment is provided, ready and available for use before start of procedures.

Check construction supplies for damage, moisture, loss or other problems before using the material.

Evaluate which deficient processed workpieces do not meet the set-up standard and should be removed and sort the waste according to regulations.

Inspect and smooth burred surfaces of steel and metal parts.

Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.

Blast a surface with sand, metal shot, dry ice or other blasting material to remove impurities or rough up a smooth surface.

The various technologies used for the smoothening, polishing and buffing of fabricated metal workpieces.

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Various processing methods on iron and iron-containing alloys such as steel, stainless steel and pig iron.

The most optimal rotation or cycle time and over-all quality of a tool or a machine's processes.

The various processes, methods and materials used in abrasive blasting technologies, such as wet abrasive blasting, wheel blasting, hydro-blasting, sand blasting, and others.

The various machining principles and processes employing abrasives, (mineral) materials that can shape a workpiece by eroding excessive parts of it, such as grinding, honing, sanding, buffing, diamond wire cutting, …

Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical …

Apply the relevant health and safety procedures in construction in order to prevent accidents, pollution and other risks.

Take necessary precautions and follow a set of measures that assess, prevent and tackle risks when working at a high distance from the ground. Prevent endangering people working under these …

Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.

Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.

Offer help and advice to service technicians in case of machine malfunctions and other repair tasks.

Remove individual workpieces after processing, from the manufacturing machine or the machine tool. In case of a conveyor belt this involves quick, continuous movement.

Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.

Observe and identify various kinds of imperfections in metal workpieces or finished products. Recognise the best fitted manner of fixing the problem, which could be caused by corrosion, rust, fractures, …

Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the …

Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.

Use elements of protective clothing such as steel-tipped shoes, and gear such as protective goggles, in order to minimise risk of accidents in construction and to mitigate any injury if …

Work as part of a team in a construction project. Communicate efficiently, sharing information with team members and reporting to supervisors. Follow instructions and adapt to changes in a flexible …

Blast the surface of construction materials used in masonry such as bricks, stones and concrete with abrasive blasting equipment to smoothen or texture surfaces.

Operate an abrasive blaster using sand to erode and smoothen a rough surface.

Operate an abrasive cabinet using sand and fine blasting abrasives, inside a cabinet containing the abrasive force, to erode and smoothen a rough surface.

Make sure the floor is ready to receive a terrazzo layer. Remove any previous floor coverings, dirt, grease, other impurities and moisture. Rough the surface with a shot blaster if …

Make sure the floor is free of dust, protrusions, moisture and mould. Remove any traces of previous floor coverings.

Make sure the surface to be painted is free of scratches and dents. Assess the porosity of the wall and the need for coating. Remove any grease, dirt, moisture and …

Prepare the wall or other surface to be plastered. Make sure the wall is free of impurities and moisture, and is not too smooth as this will prevent proper adherence …