PLASTICS JOBS
CAREER OPORTUNITIES
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The best career or future any
individual can have is in plastics. Surprisingly plastics industries in the
North America and Europe have been dramatically affected by Asian competition.
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In the last ten to twenty years
many plastic injection mold making and custom injection molding shops have gone
out of business and gained no profits where as many large shops sold their
machineries and equipments and closed their respective businesses for good .
The basic reason for this drop in businesses and loss in companies is that
available work is now shared among fewer domestic companies.
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Which means that the companies
who did things in right way to survive are now very often in the peculiar
position of actually having too much work! They are now they are more efficient
and earn more profit.
Skills and knowledge:
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As the time passes many of the
older workers retire from their position which results in tremendous lack of
skill and knowledge which lacks in today’s youth and is unable to take their
place. The old-schools which involved skills and expertise in plastic injection
mold making are slowly vanishing with the retirees. The only way to expertise
today’s generation is through few
forward thinking companies , but not nearly at a fast enough rate to meet the
anticipated need.
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The
best career jobs in plastic industry are plastic injection, mould making and
molding. This is
because there are so many aspects and career options in both molds making and
molding. One can branch of into CAD/CAM, injection mold design, CNC programming
(computer numerical control) , EDM(electrical discharge machining), CNC
machining, highly skilled tool making, mold polishing ,etc.
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In molding you can become a
molding tech, part designer, process engineer, quality engineer, plastics
engineer, polymer chemist and more.
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Another area where one can move
is into consulting. People expertise in technical areas have many opportunity
and career option in near future .There are many area where they can experience
lean manufacturing, shop management, and offshore outsourcing, etc.
Base
Knowledge and Strong Foundation
ü Once an
individual have a solid foundation in a particular skill, it is relatively easy
to choose a different stream with proper knowledge and branch out into other
areas. This gives us broad based career and help with job security and interest
level.
ü A good base
in plastic injection mold making and molding give a great foundation for sales
and management in that respective field. It is considered to be better to work
under a person who has had a lot of experience and mastered his/her respective
field. As their are many problems faced in plastic industries so it is
considered effective to work under experienced, understanding and compassionate
individuals.
Future perspectives:
ü Most
companies pay for your universities and colleges tuition for all the employees
who further want to pursue with their degree or complete their education. This
is a great opportunity to move into a field or a course that interests you and
form a solid practical foundation for you with your tuition fee paid.