Profession capsule filling machine operator

Capsule filling machine operators control the filling of gelatine capsules with the specific medicinal preparations.

Personality Type

• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• Quality assurance methodologies

  Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.

• Health and safety regulations

  Necessary health, safety, hygiene and environmental standards and legislation rules in the sector of particular activity.

Skills

• Scoop capsules

  Scoop the empty capsules into the loading hopper.

• Maintain work area cleanliness

  Keep the working area and equipment clean and orderly.

• Assemble machines

  Assemble machines according to instructions and specifications.

• Implement instructions

  Being able to implement written or oral instructions.

• Inspect capsules

  Inspect, according to specification sheet, the finished capsules in order to detect any weight mismatch, any breakage or defective filling.

• Eject filled capsules

  Depress the pedal to eject the already closed capsules into the receiving container.

• Control minor maintenance

  Follow up on the maintenance and repairs to be carried out. Solve minor problems and pass harder problems on to the person responsible for maintenance.

• Scoop medicinal preparations

  Scoop medicinal preparations into the capsulating machine's filling hopper

• Plan maintenance activities

  Plan and organise the process aimed at preserving equipment or systems in good working condition by inspecting the installation, resolving malfunctions, replacing worn parts and performing other maintenance tasks.

• Manage capsule rings

  Manage the filling of capsule rings with empty capsules, uncoupling the rings when the lower half of capsules is filled with powdered medicine, recoupling the rings and inserting them into closing and ejecting forks.

• Understand instructions

  Be able to understand oral and written instructions.

• Make time-critical decisions

  Pursue optimal time-critical decision making within the organisation.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB