building materials production operative

Who is a building materials production operative and what do they do? The building materials production operative operates machines and equipment to produce different building materials using different processes.
What are the activities of the building materials production operative? Operating machines and equipment to produce e.g. cement, lime, concrete, bricks, tiles, roof tiles, polystyrene, asbestos and other insulation materials, etc. He/she also conducts the mechanical finishing of building products. He/she remedies small defects in the machines and equipment that he/she uses.
Where is it done and under what conditions? In industrial plants and factories where there will be noise, dirt, dust and contact with chemical substances and sometimes high temperatures.
What tools/equipment do they use? Crushers, loaders and mixers, furnaces, driers and other machines, equipment and automatic production lines.
What do you need to succeed? You need initial training, fast reactions and a feeling for technology.