Plastic Product Assembler
Job description
These individuals assemble, finish, and inspect plastic parts and products. They are employed by manufacturers of plastic products or by other plants.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Odours
- Noise
- Fire, steam, hot surfaces
Main tasks
Assemblers and Finishers
- Cut, trim, and adjust plastic parts.
- Assemble composite materials (e.g. fibreglass) to form parts.
- Apply resin mixes to metal or wooden moulds.
- Bond parts and assemblies.
- Grind or polish products and give them a final shape.
Controllers
- Inspect manufactured plastic parts for defects and verify compliance with specifications and standards.
- Apply seals or labels to approved components.
- Identify and return defective products.
- Prepare reports on the products verified.
- Modify products and perform minor repairs.
- Train staff.
Advancement and mobility
- There is some mobility between jobs in this group.
- Experience leads to supervisory positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $17.60
- Median
- $22.00
- Maximum
- $29.69
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Very good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
1,500
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 37.7% Female
- 62.3% Male
Not available.
- 37.7% Female
- 62.3% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$39,600
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32661% of jobs
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NAICS 3397% of jobs
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NAICS 3275% of jobs
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NAICS 414% of jobs
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NAICS 3324% of jobs
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Others19% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 32661% of jobs
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NAICS 3397% of jobs
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NAICS 3275% of jobs
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NAICS 414% of jobs
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NAICS 3324% of jobs
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Others19% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
Secondary
Sometimes required
- Experience as a Labourer within the same company is sometimes required.
WAP
This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Quality control analysis
- Active listening
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Critical thought
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Near vision
- Written comprehension
- Awareness of issues
- Processing flexibility
- Manual dexterity
- Deductive reasoning
- Selective attention
- Classification
- Information organization
- Inductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Distance vision
Knowledge and attributes
- Critical thinking
- Focussed on results
- Autonomy
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Respect standards and regulations
- Sense of observation
- Tolerance to routine work
- Timeliness
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 94212
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors
Job titles
- Composite Material Product Laminators
- Plastic products inspector
- Quality control inspector - plastic products manufacturing
- Moulded plastic finisher
- Plastic parts assembler
- Plastics assembler
- Plastic products assembler
- Plastic case assembler
- Windmill blade assembler
- Aircraft plastic panelling assembler
- Plastic tank assembler
- Plastic products inspector and tester
- Moulded plastic inspector-tester
- Fibreglass inspector
- Windmill blade inspector
- Mould stripper - plastic manufacturing
- Moulded products stripper - plastic products manufacturing
- Reeler and cutter - plastic manufacturing
- Plastic products trimmer
- Plastic box maker
- Plastic casket maker
- Plastic piping fabricator
- Plastic products finisher
- Moulded products finisher - plastic products manufacturing
- Plastic sheet finisher
- Radome finisher - plastic manufacturing
- Assembly inspector - plastic manufacturing
- Assembly line inspector - plastic manufacturing
- Plastics laminator - plastic manufacturing
- Hand belt laminator - plastic products manufacturing
- Mould laminator - plastic manufacturing
- Fibreglass laminator
- Composite material laminator
- Plastic products laminator
- Mould filler-stripper - plastic manufacturing
- Plastic and composite worker
- Plastic sign trimmer and assembler
- Aircraft plastic parts trimmer-assembler
- Moulded plastic products trimmer
- Plastic products buffer
- Plastic products former
- Aircraft parts assembly repairer - plastic products manufacturing
- Roller repairer - plastic manufacturing
- Plastic products manufacturing inspector
- Plastics inspector
- Moulded plastic inspector
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: January 29, 2026
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