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SUB-MAJOR GROUP 82: MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
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Machine operators and assemblers operate and monitor
industrial machines, on the spot or by remote control, or they
assemble products from parts according to strict specifications
and procedures.
The work mainly calls for experience with and an
understanding of the industrial machinery and equipment which
is being operated and monitored. Ability to cope with machine-
paced operations and to adapt to technological innovations is
often required.
Tasks performed by workers in this sub-major group usually
include: operating and monitoring machines which produce goods
made of metal, minerals, chemicals, rubber, plastics, wood,
paper, textiles, fur and leather, and which process foodstuffs
and related products; operating printing and bookbinding
machines; operating product-packing and labelling machines;
assembling products from component parts according to strict
specifications and procedures. Supervision of other workers may
be included.
Occupations in this sub-major group are classified into the
following minor groups:
821 Metal- and mineral-products machine operators
822 Chemical-products machine operators
823 Rubber- and plastic-products machine operators
824 Wood-products machine operators
825 Printing-, binding- and paper-products machine
operators
826 Textile-, fur- and leather-products machine operators
827 Food and related products machine operators
828 Assemblers
829 Other machine operators and assemblers
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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