Designing and creating plastic moulds from designer drawings for mass produced products of high quality and low cost.
Plastic die engineers are a crucial link in the manufacturing chain of products that range from cars, phones, home appliances, medical equipment, and anything that requires plastic.
They will create moulds using CAD/CAM computer assisted machining systems to be installed in injection moulding machines for the manufacture of plastic products.
A plastic die engineer needs high levels of skill in numeracy, hand and machining skills, polishing, assembling, testing, and troubleshooting.