Royal Decree 797/1995 of 19 May, establishing guidelines on certificates of professionalism and the corresponding minimum contents of occupational vocational training, has instituted and demarcated the framework of the to which the certificates of professionalism must conform by reference to their formal and material characteristics, to the par which has defined their essential nature, their meaning, their scope and territorial validity, and, inter alia, forecasts, the paths for obtaining them.

The establishment of certain rules of law finds its reason to be in the need to guarantee, in respect of all occupations that are capable of certification, the objectives that are demanded of the certificates of professional. In substance, these objectives could be considered as referring to the implementation of an effective active employment policy, as a support for the placement and satisfaction of the demand for qualifications by enterprises, as support for the planning of and management of human resources in any productive field, as a means of ensuring a level of acceptable and uniform quality of occupational vocational training, consistent with the situation and requirements of the labour market, and, for Finally, to promote the best coordination and integration between the teachings and knowledge acquired through regulated vocational training, occupational vocational training and work practice.

Royal Decree 797/1995 also conceives the standard of creating the certificate of professionalism as an act of Government of the Nation and resulting from its regulatory authority, in accordance with its national scope and validity, and, respecting the division of competences, allows the minimum training contents to be adapted to the socio-productive reality of each Autonomous Community competent in occupational vocational training, without prejudice, in any case, to the unit of the the system in relation to professional qualifications and state competence in the field of emanation of the certificates of professionalism.

This Royal Decree regulates the certificate of professionalism corresponding to the occupation of plastic and rubber processing operator, belonging to the professional family of Chemical Industries and contains the particulars (i) the establishment of the employment relationship, such as the units of competence which make up their professional profile, and the minimum content of training suitable for the acquisition of the professional competence of the same occupation, together with the (i) the necessary specifications for the development of the training action; According to Royal Decree 797/1995, several times cited.

By virtue of Article 1 (2) of Royal Decree 797/1995 of 19 May 1995, following a report by the Autonomous Communities which have received the transfer of the management of occupational and occupational training General of Vocational Training, on a proposal from the Minister for Labour and Social Security, and after deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 28 December 1995

D I S P O N G O:

Article 1. Establishment.

The certificate of professionalism corresponding to the occupation of plastic and rubber processing operator, of the professional family of Chemical Industries, which will have official character and validity in all the national territory.

Article 2. Specifications of the certificate of professionalism.

1. The general data of the occupation and its professional profile are set out in Annex I.

2. The training itinerary, its duration and the relationship of the modules that make up the route, as well as the fundamental characteristics of each of the modules are set out in Annex II, paragraphs 1 and 2.

3. The requirements of the teacher and the access requirements of the students to the modules of the training itinerary are set out in Annex II, paragraph 3.

4. The basic requirements for installations, equipment and machinery, tools and tools are set out in Annex II, paragraph 4.

Article 3. Accreditation of the apprenticeship contract.

The professional skills acquired through the apprenticeship contract will be credited in relation to one, several or all the units of competence that make up the occupational profile of the occupation, to which the Royal Decree, according to the scope of the agreed labour supply constituting the subject matter of the contract, in accordance with Articles 3.3 and 4.2 of Royal Decree 797/1995 of 19 May 1995.

Single transient arrangement. Time limit for the adequacy of centres.

The centres authorised to dispense Occupational Vocational Training through the National Plan for Vocational Training and Insertion, which is regulated by Royal Decree 631/1993 of 3 May, will have to adapt the Training courses approved to the requirements of installations, equipment and machinery, tools and tools listed in Annex II, paragraph 4, of this Royal Decree, within one year, immediately communicating it to the Administration competent.

Final disposition first. Regulatory enablement.

The Minister of Labor and Social Security is authorized to make any precise provisions for the development of this Royal Decree.

Final disposition second. Entry into force.

This Royal Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the "Official Gazette of the State".

Given in Madrid at December 28, 1995.

JOHN CARLOS R.

The Minister of Labour and Social Security,

JOSE ANTONIO GRINAN MARTINEZ

ANNEX I

I. OCCUPATIONAL REFERENT

1. Occupation data:

1.1 Denomination: plastic and rubber transformation operator.

1.2 Professional Family of: Chemical Industries.

2. Occupational Profile of Occupation:

2.1 General Competition: the plastic and rubber processing operator executes, with techniques and within specified time limits, the work of the processing and handling of plastics and rubber, following orders or instructions from the technician, in accordance with the technical documentation, in compliance with established quality, safety and environmental standards.

2.2 Competition Units:

1. "Prepare, manipulate, test, manufacture and dispatch materials".

2. "Prepare and adjust machines and facilities for the transformation of plastics and rubber."

3. "Driving the transformation of plastics."

4. "Drive the rubber transformation."

5. "Perform the finishing operations and primary control of the finished product".

6. "Act under the right standards of security and environmental transformation".

2.3 Professional realizations and execution criteria.

Competition Unit 1: Prepare, manipulate, test, elaborate and issue materials

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

1.1 Perform raw material provisioning. /1.1.1 properly identifying raw materials, checking that they comply with the quantity and quality specified in the documentation.

1.1.2 Realizing the primary testing of the materials according to established instructions or standards.

1.1.3 Transporting by the appropriate means to the characteristics and presentation of the materials.

1.1.4 Handling the goods properly according to internal rules.

1.1.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

1.2 Prepare material mixtures according to established procedures for further processing. /1.2.1 The formulation that has been given is duly interpreted.

1.2.2 Identifying the starting products for the transformation of plastics and/or rubber by checking that it corresponds to what is requested.

1.2.3 correctly measuring the proportions of the components involved in mixing with the appropriate means, instruments and equipment, with care to avoid material losses or equipment deterioration.

1.2.4 Realizing the mixture of the materials strictly following the appropriate procedure in the transformation of plastics and/or rubber using the established machinery.

1.2.5 Checking to follow the internal rules of realization.

1.2.6 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of its actions.

1.3 Prepare and test the materials in the corresponding forms (granules, lozenges, grits) for further processing, according to the procedures and the quality established. /1.3.1 Making the material in the form requested according to the correct procedure and machinery.

1.3.2 Performing the sampling in the form and periodicity for proper quality control.

1.3.3 Realizing the tests (or sending them to the quality control laboratory) to verify that the characteristics of the presented form meet the quality primary specifications.

1.3.4 Realizing complementary operations (drying, separation of metals, etc.) in due time and according to established procedures.

1.3.5 Conditioning the materials to the required form and according to the requirements set for their subsequent transformation using the appropriate machinery.

1.3.6 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of your actions.

1.4 Conditioning and issuing/storing materials already prepared. /1.4.1 Obtaining and completing the relevant storage and/or expedition storage documents.

1.4.2 Storing and conditioning the materials according to established standards for later use in the various parts of the process.

1.4.3 Distributing the various materials to the production areas using the established transport system to prevent loss and deterioration of equipment.

1.4.4 Realizing packaging and labeling according to established prescriptions.

1.4.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

Competition Unit 2: Preparing and adjusting machines and facilities for plastics and rubber processing

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

2.1 Perform the assembly of molds and/or arrays in the installation according to the article to be transformed. /2.1.1 Interpreting the drawings or mounting schemes correctly.

2.1.2 Realizing the assembly with the appropriate tools and tools.

2.1.3 Meeting the specifications set for sensor settings, career endings.

2.1.4 Taking care does not suffer the mold or matrix any deterioration.

2.1.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

2.2 Put to the point and control the heating, cooling, hydraulic or pneumatic systems of the basic or auxiliary machines and installations. /2.2.1 Realizing the connections of the cooling, heating, hydraulic or pneumatic systems correctly.

2.2.2 Conusing the working conditions of these systems to follow the established sequences.

2.2.3 Setting the appropriate operating variables to each machine or installation based on the product characteristics to be obtained.

2.2.4 Realizing the cleanup or purge operations established at the appropriate time.

2.2.5 Using the right drive controls at all times in the right way.

2.2.6 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of its actions.

2.3 Prepare the power system for the transform machines. /2.3.1 Identifying and correctly choosing the material with which the machine is fed.

2.3.2 Regulating power systems correctly.

2.3.3 Adequately monitoring potential sources of contamination.

2.3.4 Loading the material in the metering or feeding systems correctly, in the appropriate quantities.

2.3.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of its actions.

2.4 Put together automated systems auxiliary machines and processing facilities. /2.4.1 Activating the systems according to the process information.

2.4.2 Regulating the adequacy variables to the specific case.

2.4.3 Following the sequence of operations established for the processing of auxiliary equipment to the processing equipment.

2.4.4 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

2.5 Perform first-level maintenance and check security systems. /2.5.1 Performing preventive maintenance operations included in the technical documents.

2.5.2 Detecting the incorrect operation of machines and installations by informing their superior of these facts and/or the maintenance service for execution.

2.5.3 Following the maintenance plan, leaving the equipment and facilities in the specified conditions for the maintenance of the maintenance work.

2.5.4 Keeping security mechanisms activated.

2.5.5 Keeping the work area in due order and cleaning, removing the production waste in the correct time and in the prescribed manner.

2.5.6 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of its actions.

Competition Unit 3: Driving plastics transformation

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

3.1 Driving the moulding of plastic materials and articles or semi-manufactured articles (with and without reinforcement) by controlling the production conditions. /3.1.1 Loading the material in the plastic transformation equipment feeding system, according to the stipulated dosage.

3.1.2 Putting in place and keeping the plastic transformation facility in operation, according to the instructions received.

3.1.3 The readings of the automatic control devices are currently being carried out.

3.1.4 Detecting in the minimum time possible the variations that have arisen in the process with respect to the established conditions.

3.1.5 Introducing appropriate modifications to return the plastic transformation process to its normal operating conditions, or in default, requesting instructions for it.

3.1.6 Carrying out manual measurements, with the appropriate instruments and at the appropriate time.

3.1.7 Adjusting the parameters to the product quality variations.

3.1.8 Measuring or appreciating the characteristics of the product and deviations from what is established.

3.1.9 In the form and periodicity of the established self-controls and primary quality control tests.

3.1.10 The process is effective according to the security instructions of the installations.

3.1.11 Notification of any failure with respect to the process information and the action taken to subsate it.

3.1.12 Registering in the work parts or production sheets all the data relating to the primary quality in production.

3.1.13 Rilling the manufacturing sheets, accurately scoring all significant incidents with their corresponding data.

3.1.14 Communicating any resenable fact to the right person.

3.1.15 Respecting the safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all its actions.

3.2 Driving the thermoforming of plastics semi-finished by controlling the production conditions, following the process information and in the established safety and quality conditions. /3.2.1 At any time detecting the "out of control" variations in the operating conditions and introducing the appropriate modifications in the minimum response time.

3.2.2 Adjusting the parameters in the performance margin established according to the variations in the quality of the manufactured product.

3.2.3 Measuring or appreciating the characteristics of the product, detecting deviations from the set.

3.2.4 In the form and periodicity of the established self-controls and primary quality control tests.

3.2.5 Following the process and checking the mechanisms according to the safety and installation instructions and conditions.

3.2.6 Reporting of any failure with respect to the process information and the action taken to remedy it.

3.2.7 Registering the data to the appropriate media.

3.2.8 Respecting the safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all its actions.

3.3 End plastic articles or semi-finishes by welding or handling. /3.3.1 Maintaining the operating conditions in the specified temperature range.

3.3.2 Using the appropriate tools and tools for the positioning of the articles.

3.3.3 By performing pre-set operations with skill and set time. 3.3.4 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all its actions.

3.4 Control collection systems for semi-manufactured products. /3.4.1 Regulating and handling the prescribed collection systems correctly and following the instructions received.

3.4.2 Taking care that the final product does not present damage or defects attributable to the collection.

3.4.3 Meeting the product, including weight specifications, dimensions, conditioning, etc. established.

3.4.4 Keeping the work area in due order and cleaning, removing production waste in correct time and prescribed form.

3.4.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

3.5 Manipulate reinforcements to be combined with plastics. /3.5.1 Identifying the reinforcement material and the key cotes correctly.

3.5.2 Realizing its manipulation with the appropriate media and/or machines.

3.5.3 Successfully complying with the specifications set on the handling to be performed.

3.5.4 Allowing the reinforcement already handled correctly to perform subsequent manufacturing processes.

3.5.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

Competition Unit 4: Driving the rubber transformation

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

4.1 Driving the molding of materials and articles or semi-manufactured rubber (with and without reinforcement) by controlling the production conditions, following the process information and in the safety and quality conditions established. /4.1.1 Loading the material in the feed system of the rubber transformation equipment according to the stipulated dosage.

4.1.2 Putting in place and keeping the rubber transformation installation in operation according to the instructions received.

4.1.3 The readings of the automatic control devices are currently being carried out.

4.1.4 Detecting in the minimum possible time the variations that have arisen in the process with respect to the established conditions.

4.1.5 Introducing appropriate modifications to return the rubber transformation process to its normal operating conditions, or in default, requesting instructions for this.

4.1.6 Carrying out manual measurements with the appropriate instruments at the appropriate time.

4.1.7 Adjusting the parameters to the product quality variations.

4.1.8 Measuring or appreciating product characteristics and deviations from the established.

4.1.9 By means of the established form and periodicity of the self-controls and the primary quality control tests.

4.1.10 The process is effective according to the security instructions on the premises.

4.1.11 Notification of any failure with respect to the process information and the action taken to remedy it.

4.1.12 Registering in the work parts or production sheets all the data relating to the primary quality in production.

4.1.13 Fill in the manufacturing sheets, accurately scoring all significant incidents with their corresponding data.

4.1.14 Communicating any resenable fact to the right person.

4.1.15 Respecting the safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all its actions.

4.2 Vulcanize or reticular semi-manufactured rubber (with and without reinforcement). /4.2.1 At any time detecting the "out of control" variations in the operating conditions and introducing the appropriate modifications in the minimum response time.

4.2.2 Adjusting the parameters, in the established margin of action, depending on the variations in the quality of the manufactured product.

4.2.3 Measuring or appreciating product characteristics, detecting deviations from the set.

4.2.4 Realizing in established form and periodicity, self-controls and primary quality control tests.

4.2.5 Following the process and checking the mechanisms according to the security instructions on the premises.

4.2.6 Reporting of any failure with respect to the process information and the action formed to remedy it.

4.2.7 Registering the data on the appropriate media.

4.2.8 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

4.3 Control collection systems for semi-manufactured products. /4.3.1 Regulating and handling the prescribed collection systems correctly and following the instructions received.

4.3.2 Taking care that the final product does not present damage or defects attributable to the collection.

4.3.3 Fulfilling the product, including weight specifications, dimensions, conditioning, etc. established.

4.3.4 Keeping the work area in due order and cleaning, removing production waste in correct time and prescribed form.

4.3.5 Respecting environmental safety and hygiene standards in all its activities.

4.4 Manipulation/manufacture of reinforcements to be combined with rubbers. /4.4.1 Identifying the reinforcement material and the key cotes correctly.

4.4.2 Realizing its handling/manufacturing with the appropriate means and/or machines.

4.4.3 Successfully complying with the specifications set on the handling to be performed.

4.4.4 Introducing the already manipulated reinforcement so as not to prevent the continuation of subsequent production operations.

4.4.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

Competition Unit 5: Perform the finishing operations and the primary control of the finished product

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

5.1 Monitor the printing process on plastic and rubber articles or semi-finishes, achieving the established quality. /5.1.1 correctly choosing and according to the work order the printing products.

5.1.2 Realizing the preparation of surfaces with suitable and suitable printing techniques.

5.1.3 Putting in motion and maintaining the operation of the printing installation.

5.1.4 Taking care that the printing installation is not damaged in disassembly and is conditioned after use.

5.1.5 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

5.2 Polishing plastic parts. /5.2.1 Using the machine or installation correctly and the polishing products according to the instructions.

5.2.2 Checking that the polished item meets the specifications.

5.2.3 Realizing equipment usage maintenance.

5.2.4 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

5.3 Mechanizing semi-finished plastic products. /5.3.1 correctly choosing the appropriate machine or installation for the operation in charge.

5.3.2 Using these machines or tools following the instructions for use and maintenance of necessary use.

5.3.3 Realizing the operation or machining operations correctly and monitoring that it meets the requirements.

5.3.4 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

5.4 Perform primary quality control of plastic and rubber articles or semi-finishes. /5.4.1 Realizing the sampling and conditioning in the form and periodicity established for a correct quality control (or sending it to quality control if necessary).

5.4.2 Deending the quality of the item inspected, based on the sampling plan according to the established quality plan.

5.4.3 Detecting visually perceptible defects without overlooking any of them.

5.4.4 Defining defects to be controlled in inspection guidelines (superficial and dimensional).

5.4.5 Performing quality primary tests according to established procedures.

5.4.6 Examining final control results and giving proper treatment to defects.

5.4.7 Respecting safety and hygiene and environmental standards in all of their actions.

5.5 Register data and report the causes of non-compliance and the treatment performed. /5.5.1 Data regarding the quality of the process is recorded in the appropriate form and support.

5.5.2 You clearly and accurately record all significant incidents with the corresponding data.

5.5.3 Requesting corrective actions against out-of-control processes to the right person and following established procedures.

5.5.4 Facilitating the necessary documentation of procedures to be followed in the treatment of non-compliance of items or lots.

Competition Unit 6: Acting under correct transformation, security and environmental standards

PROFESSIONAL REALIZATIONS/EXECUTION CRITERIA

6.1 Apply the safety measures related to the prevention of risks arising from the handling of elastomers, plastics, resins and processing lines. /6.1.1 Keeping in due order and cleaning the work area.

6.1.2 Manipulating elastomers, plastics and rubber according to their potential for danger, following established standards.

6.1.3 Withdrawing production waste in the correct time and in the prescribed form.

6.1.4 Using the prescribed individual protective equipment.

6.1.5 Keeping possible sources of contamination isolated or controlled.

6.2 Prevent personal risks by using protective equipment. /6.2.1 By selecting and using the personal protective equipment correctly, when the work has required it and leaving them in good state of use.

6.3 Maintain security levels and equipment, machines and installations of a transformation process and respond in emergency conditions. /6.3.1 Keeping the work area in order and cleaning conditions, using the individual protective equipment prescribed at all times.

6.3.2 Acting in an emergency in accordance with established general safety standards.

6.3.3 Making reasonable decisions in unforeseen cases and immediately proceeding to remove the waste or discharges produced.

6.3.4 Concurrent reaction with the warning to the person in front of an emergency.

6.4 Coordinate effectively in the relay and with other departments. /6.4.1 Reporting to the relay to know the status of the equipment and the process, as well as the ongoing maintenance work within the area of responsibility, through the established support.

6.4.2 Transmitting the necessary information to the rest of the organic units, when this has been required by their work, within their level of responsibility.

6.4.3 Notify your superiors of the information needed to communicate with other units.

6.5 To monitor the process of transformation and respect environmental protection measures. /6.5.1 Controlling the quantity, composition and concentration of solid, liquid and gaseous substances eliminated from the processing equipment.

6.5.2 Checking the operation status of the transformation team.

6.5.3 Taking samples for environmental control.

6.5.4 Communicating any failure that exceeds your responsibility to your superiors.

ANNEX II

II. FORMATIVE REFERENT

1. Training itinerary.

(ANNEX OMITTED)

1.1 Duration: practical knowledge 360 hours; theoretical knowledge 210 hours; evaluations 30 hours; total duration 600 hours.

1.2 Modules that compose it:

1. Reception, preparation and processing of raw materials and their identification.

2. Techniques for the storage, mixing, transport and dispatch of raw materials.

3. Operation of processing facilities.

4. Plastic processing operations

5. Operations for the processing of rubber.

6. Finishing and quality control.

7. Safety and Hygiene and environmental standards.

2. Training Modules.

Module 1. Reception, preparation and processing of raw materials and their identification. (Associated with UC: "Prepare, manipulate, craft, and issue materials")

General objective of the module: to perform correctly the operations of reception, identification, characterization, testing and specific controls of polymeric materials (plastics and rubbers) and additives, in the pre-established form.

Duration 80 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

1.1 Receiving, identifying and characterizing polymetallic and elastomers materials for verification or storage. /1.1.1 Perform simple physico-chemical tests for plastic and rubber identification

1.1.2 Relate the abbreviations of plastics and rubber with their formula and name.

1.1.3 Fill in the documents of reception, storage or expedition.

1.1.4 Detect anomalies in plastics or rubbers by comparison with patterns.

1.1.5 Explain the machines and tools for each preform processing system.

1.1.6 Explain the handling and conditioning systems of the preform.

1.2 Carry out specific tests and controls on raw materials and raw mixtures. /1.2.1 Explain the usual apparatus and techniques for the control of semi-finished raw materials and raw mixtures.

1.2.2 Take samples with appropriate instruments and condition them to carry out tests on them.

1.2.3 Get data from the trials and produce a report of the results by reasoning the conclusions obtained.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Basic concepts of chemistry: atom, molecule or monomer, macromolecule and polymer. Link types.

Terminology and technical vocabulary. The chemical language.

Techniques and basic measuring instruments of various physical parameters.

Thermoplastic and thermostable.

Main polymers: plastics, resins and rubbers.

Natural rubber, synthetic rubber, latex, thermoplastic elastomers.

Usual fluids, water, air, machine oil.

Physical identification and characterization of plastics and rubber tests

Sensibly distinguish different types of elastomers, plastics and resins, comparing them and familiarizing themselves with their characteristics.

Distinguish from heat tests and calls it the different plastic elastomers and resins according to elementary test tables.

Procedure, techniques, equipment, and variables to be used in preform preparation.

General techniques for handling materials and materials, as well as their cleaning.

Sampling. Methods, equipment and sampling procedures.

Module 2. Storage, mixing, transport and raw material processing techniques. (Associated with UC: "Prepare, manipulate, craft, and issue materials")

General objective of the module: to perform correctly the operations of transport, storage and conditioning of polymeric materials (plastics and rubbers), additives and their mixtures according to safety standards and in the form pre-set.

Duration 80 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

2.1 Transporting and storing raw materials and products. /2.1.1 Describe the operation of the most widely used transport equipment.

2.1.2 Operate the transport equipment depending on the physical condition and the product to be transported.

2.1.3 Use the different measuring instruments depending on the product to be treated and the parameter to be evaluated.

2.1.4 Identify the type of storage to be used based on the physical state and the properties of the product to be stored.

2.1.5 Know packaging methods and packaging labelling, according to established rules.

2.2 Develop, control and condition polymer or elastomer mixtures with their ingredients, as a percentage. /2.2.1 Recognize the products and additives of a formula.

2.2.2 Interpreting a mixture or formula tab.

2.2.3 Identify equipment and tools to develop formulas.

2.2.4 Explain machines and tools for each preform processing system.

2.3 Prevent risks arising from the handling of plastic and elastomeric materials and their machines and mixing equipment. /2.3.1 Identify the personal risks involved in the handling of raw materials.

2.3.2 Use appropriate equipment and devices in risk prevention.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Formulation of a mixture: expression and interpretation of the mixture and calculations.

Measure of masses and volumes of components of a mixture.

Mixed techniques: fundamentals, equipment and transport.

Mixed cycle, order of addition of ingredients.

Risks of the hazardous elements of the components and manufacturing equipment of a mixture.

Storage and storage techniques for materials and products. Machines, installations and equipment.

Conditioning techniques for preparing granules and granules.

Packaging and Labelling Equipment and Facilities

Operate transport systems of solid (helical-pneumatic) or liquid (pumping) and translational (electric forklift trucks).

Operate storage systems (silos, cisterns, warehouses).

Operate machines and mixing facilities (agitators, mixing pumps, ball mills, tricycles, internal mixers or Banburi).

Operate machinery and facilities for the preparation of shapes (mills, crushers and sieves, empastillers, extruder-grinders).

Operate machines and conditioning facilities (stoves, continuous dryers, vacuum hoppers, metal separators).

Differentiate elements and measuring instruments from products (scales and scales, metering pumps, volumetric or gravimetric metering).

Determine fluidity, granulometry, density, and other parameters of a mixture.

Operate measuring instruments (scales scales, viscosimeters, sieves, granulometric, thermometers, and others).

Handle machines and packaging facilities (sorters, palletizing, strapping, retractable film, silos, cisterns).

Operate machinery and plant safety devices (mechanisms, electrical, pneumatic).

Module 3. Operation of transfromation facilities. (Associated with UC: "Preparing and adjusting machines and facilities for plastics and rubber transformation")

General objective of the module: properly perform the preparation and development of machines and installations used in the transformation of plastic and rubber as well as basic maintenance operations, according to regulations internal.

Duration 110 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

3.1 Use correctly the auxiliary services and equipment used in the plastic and rubber transformation. /3.1.1 Successfully clean the work area and eliminate production waste in the correct time and in the prescribed manner.

3.1.2 Interpreting drawings, schemas, and technical documents for the assembly and components of the installation.

3.1.3 Know the sequence of operations to perform the connection, regulation, and disconnection of auxiliary services.

3.1.4 Adjust process variables (temperature, level pressure, and others).

3.1.5 Know the process to be followed for the assembly and regulation of the power systems.

3.2 Mount, disassemble and adjust moulds, matrices, spindles and others in machines used in processing equipment. /3.2.1 Interpreting the drawings for the assembly and disassembly of moulds, matrices, spindles and others.

3.2.2 Know the procedure to be followed for the assembly and disassembly of moulds, matrices, spindles and others using the appropriate tools.

3.2.3 Use the techniques of cleaning and preservation of moulds, matrices, spindles and others.

3.3 Perform basic maintenance operations for auxiliary equipment and facilities. /3.3.1 Carry out preventive maintenance operations included in the technical documents.

3.3.2 Know how machines and installations and information devices work to communicate their incorrect operation.

3.3.3 Interpret the maintenance plan to leave the equipment and facilities under the conditions specified on the maintenance tab.

3.4 Distinguished security elements incorporated in a plastic or rubber transformation and molding installation or machine. /3.4.1 To recognize the safety standards applicable to the operations of the auxiliary equipment and to the maintenance operations.

3.4.2 Describe the security and protection elements of the different machines.

3.4.3 Describe the specific security conditions of maintenance operations.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Applied physics: mechanical (mechanical assemblies), hydraulic and pneumatic (control, control and control components, pumps and filters), electricity (heat-resistance ratio). Elements of interconnection, electrical devices for control and control.

Technical drawing: normalization, views and sections, acotation, tolerances, plan analysis.

Types of molds and arrays. Key features. Analysis of mold and matrix assembly plans. Elements of fixing, feeding, cavities, entrances, heating, air, cooling.

Concept of: heat, temperature, pressure, flow rate, fluidez-viscosity, fluidity rate, gradient of processing, hygroscopicity.

Instrumentation and control: measurement of temperature, pressure, flow, fluidity, viscosity. Principle of operation and characteristics of measuring instruments. Regulatory systems and control types. Thermocouples (pyrometers or palpators).

Specific installations: preheaters, shredders, masticators, internal mixer, banburi, injectors, presses and moulds, extrusioners, calandradoras, robotizations.

Auxiliary systems: steam, steam types (saturated, wet, dry and heated), heating, cooling, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, power and collection systems (operating principles and parameters) operation).

Energy saving: basic concepts, combustion machines, thermal insulation.

polymeric materials or prepolymers (solids or liquids).

Chemicals (organic and inorganic, solid or liquid).

Usual fluids (air, water, machine oil).

Machines and installation. Manipulators and "robot", mold changers, mechanical and electrical safety machines.

Internal rules and regulations.

Machine and facility security rules.

Handle all types of machine governance electric control boxes.

Handle mixing, metering, mixing and hopper feeders.

Adjust the different parameters (temperature, pressure, speed and process time) in the available process machines, by observing indicators on the control panel and handling them.

Adjust the different temperature, flow and other parameters of the auxiliary cooling and heating elements of the vulcanized mixers and presses.

Dismantling, cleaning, visual examination, assembly and base reglages of an internal mixer, an extruder or a calender.

Cleaning, care and maintenance of the auger or spindle, breaker plate, row, gauge, nozzle and others, of an extruder.

Practice of changes of: tightening between cylinders, heads, cutting blades, etc., by requirements of the production process.

Manual handling of the various stages of opening and closing of the vulcanized moulds and their presses.

Dismantling, examining, cleaning, adjusting and assembling the different elements of a mold, impeller element (hollow-plunger) and dosing hopper.

Maintenance and cleaning of air outlets in molds.

Handle dimensional measuring instruments (king foot gage).

Module 4. Plastic processing operations. (Associated with UC: "Driving the Transformation of Plastics")

General objective of the module: properly perform the driving of a plastic transformation process according to established standards.

Duration 120 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

4.1 Describe plastic transformation processes. /4.1.1 To differentiate the various transformation techniques (molding, injection, extrusion and others) and to relate their characteristics to the materials they transform.

4.1.2 Describe the basic principles of polymer reinforcement by identifying the main materials used.

4.2 Develop and condition polymer blends with their ingredients, additives and corresponding loads. /4.2.1 Identify the starting products for processing.

4.2.2 Know the methods to be used for weighing the components of the polymer mixture according to the proportions collected in the mixing sheet.

4.2.3 Identify the equipment and tools required to make the polymer mixtures.

4.2.4 Follow the sequence of operations for the mixing and conditioning of polymeric materials contained in the technical information.

4.3 Carry out the preparation, commissioning, control and stopping of the machines and installations used in the plastic processing processes. /4.3.1 Interpreting the technical information of the product and the process. identifying the quantities to be obtained.

4.3.2 Describe the operation and procedures of feeding, commissioning and stopping of injectors, extruder and compression and transfer moulding machines.

4.3.3 Perform mold, array, spindle, and other assembly by making the specified adjustment with the appropriate tools.

4.3.4 Relating the operation and control parameters to the type of transformation and the product to be obtained.

4.3.5 Determine the mode of action on the control elements to return a process type of plastic transformation to its normal operating conditions.

4.3.6 Knowing the different data recording and incident modes in the production sheets during a process type of plastic transformation.

4.3.7 Recognize the different security elements in machines and installations.

4.4 Perform the primary quality control operations specified for the plastics transformation process. /4.4.1 Apply the techniques and apparatus of the semi-finished and finished plastics operations.

4.4.2 Know the methods of sampling, preparation and preservation of samples for testing or testing of plastics.

4.4.3 Perform and evaluate physical and mechanical tests on plastics.

4.4.4 Register data regarding primary quality in the work parts and production sheets.

4.5 Analyze the processes of thermoforming and transformation of composite materials. /4.5.1 To describe the basic principles of polymer reinforcement, identifying the main materials used.

4.5.2 Recognize the various types and forms of more usual reinforcements and the basic aspects of the interaction-zo-matrix interaction, depending on the nature of the components.

4.5.3 Relating the basic parameters of the plastic transformation processes reinforced with the properties of the final product.

4.6 Analyzing the importance and possible consequences of applications of processed plastic products. /4.6.1 Relating polymer materials and composite plastics with their applications as finished products.

4.6.2 Describe the main industrial applications of processed products.

4.6.3 Relating to the various processes of recycling and degradation of different types of plastics with the conservation of the environment.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

polymeric materials, additives and loads.

Expanded plastics. Expansion agents.

Methods of polymer transformation.

Molding: compression, transfer, and injection of polymers.

Extrusion.

The calendaring.

Pultrusion.

Thermoforming.

Rotational molding.

Projection machines.

Welding by plates, hot air blowers, friction and ultrasounds.

Impregnation techniques.

Adhesives.

Molding by stratification. Polyester, solvent (monomer, styrene), gel-coat, accelerant and catalyst.

Transformation of plastics with reinforcement and without it. Composite materials

Reinforcement types: fibers, yarns (natural, synthetic, metallic).

The use of additives: loads, plasticizers, lubricants, solvents, dyes, pigments, anti-inflammatory, flame retardants, antiuv, reinforcing and others.

Bobinators, winders, trendlers.

Recovery and recycling systems.

Quality criteria.

Major non-conformities (defects).

Testing and control of the finished product. Physical tests: traction, compression, hardness, flexibility, elasticity, fatigue and hysteresis, resilience, tear resistance, abrasion, shock, ageing and others.

Measurement instruments (thermometers, pyrometers, manometers, voltage regulators, flow meters).

dimensional metrology.

Automated and/or computerised control equipment.

Safety and hygiene and environmental regulations.

Make a mixture in an internal mixer, paying attention to the importance of the weights and the suitability of the elements that are incorporated, as well as to their order of introduction.

Make a mixture in a cylinder mixer, paying attention to the importance of the weights and the suitability of the elements that are incorporated, as well as to their order of introduction.

Make a product by driving an extruder.

Make a flat product by driving a calander.

Drive a complex product polymerization process in compression mold.

Drive an injection mold transformation process.

Use and finishing techniques.

Module 5. Operations for the processing of rubber. (Associated with UC: "Driving the Rubber Transformation")

General objective of the module: correctly perform the conduction of a process of transformation and vulcanization of rubber according to established norms.

Duration 110 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

5.1 Describe and analyze the processes of transformation and vulcanization of rubbers or elastomers and their mixtures. /5.1.1 To differentiate the various techniques of transformation and molding of elastomers and to relate their characteristics to the material that is transformed.

5.1.2 Use the terminology and the usual technical vocabulary of the elastomer transformation industry.

5.1.3 Relating the basic parameters of the materials with the variables of the transformation process and the properties of the final product.

5.1.4 Describe the most common vulcanization systems (autoclave, salt bath, high frequency).

5.2 Develop and condition mixtures of rubbers or elastomeric materials with their corresponding ingredients and additives. /5.2.1 Identify the starting products for processing.

5.2.2 Determine the methods to be used for weighing the components of the elastomeric mixture according to the proportions collected on the mixing sheet.

5.2.3 Identify the equipment and tools required to make the elastomeric mixtures.

5.2.4 Follow the sequence of operations for the mixing and conditioning of elastomeric materials contained in the technical information.

5.3 Perform the commissioning, control and stopping of machines and installations used in the transformation and vulcanized rubber. /5.3.1 Interpreting product and process technical information.

5.3.2 Describe the operation and procedures of feeding, starting and stopping of internal mixer or banburi, open mixer, continuous mixer, calandras, budinador-extruder, catenary, autoclaves, bathtubs, dryers and others.

5.3.3 Relating the operation and control parameters to the type of transformation/vulcanization and the product to be obtained.

5.3.4 Describe manual measurement methods and the elements to be used.

5.3.5 Determine the mode of action on the control elements to return a process type of rubber transformation to its normal operating conditions.

5.3.6 Determine the different data recording and incident modes in the production sheets during a rubber transformation type process.

5.3.7 Recognize the security elements of machines and installations, used during a process type of rubber transformation.

5.4 Perform the primary quality control operations specified for the rubber transformation process. /5.4.1 Apply the techniques and apparatus of the semi-finished and finished rubber operations.

5.4.2 Determine the methods of sampling, preparation and preservation of samples for tests or tests of rubber control.

5.4.3 Perform and evaluate physical and mechanical tests on rubber.

5.5 Analyze the manufacturing operations of latex items. /5.5.1 Relating the fundamental parameters of the manufacture of the latex articles with the formulation used and the article manufactured.

5.5.2 Describe the different procedures, equipment and tools used in the preparation of mixtures and in the manufacture of latex.

5.5.3 Describe the most common vulcanization systems by identifying and relating system variables

with the characteristics of vulcanization in latex articles.

5.6 Analyse the importance and possible consequences of applications of processed rubber products. /5.6.1 Relating the elastomers and rubbers reinforced with their applications as finished products.

5.6.2 Describe the main industrial applications of processed products.

5.6.3 Relating the various processes of recycling and degradation of different types of rubbers with the conservation of the environment.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Polymeric materials and additives: rubber, smoke black, vulcanizing (sulfur compound), coumarone-indene, factually, rosin and others with their properties.

Natural and synthetic rubber, thermoplastic elements, natural rubber latex.

Elastomeric mixing techniques. Mixing equipment. Formulation of a mixture.

Fundamental principles of transformation and vulcanization.

Operating principles of the equipment.

Measurement instruments (thermometers, pyrometers, manometers and others), operation and control parameters, automated and/or computerised control systems.

The rubbers and the environment.

Elastomers transformation methods.

Molding: compression, transfer, and injection of elastomers.

Extrusion and vulcanization.

The calandrading and vulcanization.

Catenarian steam and vulcanization.

Autokey.

latex transformation process.

Finishing of gums: polishing, mechanization and deburring.

Reinforcements (fibers or natural, synthetic, metallic).

Gums and ebonites.

Power and fluid drive controls. (Contactors, valves and others).

Recovery and recycling systems.

Quality criteria.

Major non-conformities.

Testing and control of the finished product. Physical tests: traction, compression, hardness, flexibility, elasticity, fatigue and hysteresis, tear resistance, abrasion, shock, ageing and others.

dimensional metrology.

Safety and hygiene and environmental regulations.

Cut and weigh with knives, guillotines, scales and scales.

Use, tooling and mixing technique in the internal mixer, open and in the continuous.

Make a mixture in a banburi or internal mixer.

Make a mixture in a cylinder mixer or open mixer.

Make a mixture on a continuous system.

Make a profiled product by driving an extruder or budiner.

Highlight the importance of smoke black, making a non-compliant mixture in quantity and other in the quality of black.

Make a flat and complex product by driving a calender.

Driving a process of vulcanization of a complex product in compression mold.

Drive a vulcanization process in injection, transfer, and compression mold.

Driving a process of vulcanization in catenary by pressure and steam temperature.

Processing of latex and vulcanization articles.

The importance of sulfur and zinc oxide in vulcanization: making a nonconforming finished product in the contents of both, observing its degree of vulcanization.

Module 6. Finishing and quality control. (Associated with UC: "Perform finishing operations and primary control of finished product")

General objective of the module: properly perform the finishing and quality control operations in the entire production process according to established standards.

Duration 60 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

6.1 Know how a quality system works. /6.1.1 Know how the quality system is organized in the company.

6.1.2 Know the general sections of a quality manual.

6.2 Perform finishing operations on plastic and rubber articles or semi-finishes by achieving the specified quality. /6.2.1 Indicating type of equipment, tools and process used in the operations of finishing of the products in the aspects of polishing, machining and printing.

6.2.2 Indicate type of welding, equipment and process used for better execution.

6.2.3 Perform polishing and machining with appropriate tools and tools.

6.2.4 Use the most appropriate technique in the handling of plastic films and films.

6.3 Perform sampling for quality control of a transformation process. /6.3.1 Perform the sampling according to the appropriate procedure for submission to the quality control department.

6.3.2 Determine which samples should be sent to quality control according to the instrument needed for analysis.

6.3.3 Apply the safety and hygiene and environmental standards in the quality control of plastic and rubber processing products.

6.4 Describe in which phases of a plastic and rubber articles manufacturing process it is necessary to conduct inspections and tests. /6.4.1 Determine the manner and periodicity in which the primary quality tests should be performed, following instructions or standards.

6.4.2 Relating corrective measures to decrease non-compliance rejections.

6.4.3 Determine the useful means and equipment for a primary quality control.

6.5 Perform and evaluate mechanical tests, on plastics, rubber and finished products, preparing the appropriate test piece. /6.5.1 Prepare and condition the test piece according to the standards and specifications, using the appropriate tools and tools.

6.5.2 Identify and prepare the procedure, the useful and the equipment for the quality test according to established standards, expressing the tolerance, measurements and results of the test.

6.5.3 To express the results of the test on the appropriate supports.

6.6 Use the appropriate statistical techniques for sampling to achieve the specified quality. /6.6.1 Apply the necessary statistical techniques for sampling in the form and periodicity established.

6.6.2 Register the information obtained on the appropriate media.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Quality Manual. Quality system.

Inks and solvents.

Quality records.

Corrective actions.

Statistics: Sampling theory. Sampling systems.

Control of different processes and products. Quality standards for rubber and plastic items.

Quality in manufacturing. Control over the materials. Process quality (machines, tools, calibers), control over the verification status of the final product.

Safety and hygiene in quality control.

Polling and machining printing operations. Equipment: pulidoras, die-cutters, drillers, rivets and others.

Plastic welding procedures.

Perform different sampling and determine which samples should be sent to the quality control department.

Preparation of test specimens.

Calibration of appliances and equipment. Balances, king's foot, palpators.

Product inspection, extracting a statistical sample and carrying out an essay on it.

Testing and control of finished products. Physical-mechanical tests: traction, compression, hardness, flexibility, elasticity, fatigue, hysteresis, resilience, tear resistance, abrasion, shock, ageing and others. Expression of the results in the established form.

dimensional metrology.

Point out the different corrective measures in non-compliant samples.

Performing measures on plastic and rubber elements and articles.

Module 7. Safety and hygiene and environmental standards. (Associated with UC: "Act under correct security and environmental transformation standards")

General objective of the module: to comply with safety and hygiene and environmental standards in the plastic and rubber processing industries.

Duration 40 hours.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES/EVALUATION CRITERIA

7.1 Apply safety measures in the prevention of risks arising from the handling of plastic and rubber. /7.1.1 Identify the security symbology associated with the transformation products.

7.1.2 Identify products, according to their potential for hazardous, plastic and rubber.

7.1.3 List the risks associated with substance handling.

7.1.4 Apply the safety measures related to the different substances.

7.2 Apply the relative safety measures in the procedures and working methods in the plastic and rubber processing industry. /7.2.1 Identify the most common types of risks associated with equipment and installations as well as the processing activity.

7.2.2 Handle appropriate individual protective equipment, depending on the risk factors.

7.2.3 Know the order and cleanup rules on a given production line.

7.2.4 Use the facilities protection equipment, taking into account the rules of order and cleanliness in your production line.

7.2.5 Recognize security signaling by relating it to risk factors.

7.2.6 Determine the rules of action under the emergency plan.

7.2.7 Interpret the relay book data.

7.3 Know and apply environmental protection measures. /7.3.1 Describe the parameters of possible environmental impact.

7.3.2 Use detection and measurement devices for contaminants.

7.3.3 Know the techniques for the removal of pollutants and know which ones should be used to avoid personal contamination or due to the product being manipulated.

7.4 Apply immediate basic sanitary measures in the event of an accident. /7.4.1 Relating the measures to be applied according to the existing injuries.

7.4.2 Apply health techniques according to the established method.

THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL CONTENT

Common risks in the plastic and rubber processing industry.

Machine and facility security items.

Manipulation of chemicals: reactivity, storage, protection systems. Chemical remains in the materials.

Principles of fire safety. Fire prevention. Means of extinction.

Safety in the plastic and rubber processing industry. Safety signage: risk areas, pictograms. Color code. Alarm systems and protection systems.

First aid. Occupational diseases and their prevention.

Personal and collective protective equipment.

Take action under the emergency plan. More common accidents.

Major pollutants in the work environment: physical (noise, vibration) chemicals (gas leakage, toxic, flammable or explosive chemicals), biological.

Measurement and removal procedures for contaminants in transformation processes.

Degradation processes and recovery and recycling systems.

Rules of action in situations of environmental risk.

Relay books.

Identify security symbology in a transformation plant.

Distinguish chemicals according to their degree of dangerousness.

Identify risks, classify hazards, detail equipment and protection systems for work zones.

Perform a simulation of an emergency plan.

Check the operation of protective equipment.

3. Personal requirements

3.1 Teacher requirements.

Academic level: University degree (preferably Chemical or Industrial Technical Engineer, specialty plastic and rubber), or in default, equivalent training in the occupation related to the course.

Professional experience: you must have three years of experience in the occupation.

Pedagogical level: methodological training or teaching experience will be required.

3.2 Students ' access requirements.

Academic level: school graduate or equivalent.

Professional experience: no prior professional experience required.

Physical conditions: Do not suffer physical defects that prevent normal course development.

4. Material requirements

4.1 Installations:

Classroom of theoretical classes: area: 2 m square per pupil; furniture: the usual type of teacher for 15 places in addition to the auxiliary elements of waxing, table and chair of teacher, and audiovisual media.

Practices for practices:

1. A plastic and rubber processing plant with a processing line, with the specific machinery and the auxiliary equipment, shall be available.

2. The electrical conditioning must comply with the low voltage standards, and be prepared in such a way as to permit the performance of the practices.

3. Lighting: natural or artificial, according to the current and natural lighting regulations.

4. First Ventilation: normal with adequate room temperature.

Other facilities: a ventilated and conditioned room for raw materials, as well as laboratory for physical, chemical and quality analysis; sanitary toilets in number suitable to the capacity of the center.

The centers must meet the hygienic, acoustic, habitability and safety conditions required by the legislation in force.

4.2 Equipment and machinery:

"pallet" equipment for the storage and transport of raw materials, a system of silos, with its auxiliary devices for preheating, weighing, mixing, dosing and feeding, scales of capacity up to 200 kilograms, Internal mixer, with its auxiliary or banburi elements, open or external mixer for rubber, pre-expander for polystyrene, extruder provided with its auxiliary elements, cylinder calender, equipped with its auxiliary elements, with a injection mould and auxiliary elements, vulcanisation equipment fitted with mould conformation, with its press and auxiliary elements, cutting of crude products, cooling pool, compression molding equipment, air compressor equipment, mixer, elevators, stoves, autoclaves, endless spindles, thickeners, tanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------in-the-(-)--------------

4.3 Tools and tools:

Rubber sticks, burners, shears, easels, gaskets, nozzles, hoses, pallets, screens, complete equipment of workshop tools.

4.4 Consumer material:

Polymer, resins, plastics, natural and synthetic rubber, teaching material, working documents: parts, tables.