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- Mix cement from raw materials for building and construction
- Option to move into plant and machinery maintenance after completing a course in engineering
- Work can be physically demanding, and will require you to wear safety equipment
DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES
- Unloading raw materials like limestone and chalk
- Transferring materials to crushing and milling machines
- Feeding the crushed material into kilns to produce 'clinker'
- Mixing additives like gypsum in the correct amounts
- Operating grinding machinery that turns clinker into cement
- Moving the finished product to storage silos
- Loading bulk tankers for deliveries
- Reporting problems in the production process to supervisors
DAY-TO-DAY ENVIRONMENT
You will have to wear safety equipment when operating machinery, and it may be physically demanding work at times.
You'll need
For this role you'll need the ability to follow instructions, and practical skills to operate equipment and machinery.
There are no set entry requirements for this role, but previous experience in construction or quarrying would be useful.
You could get into this job through a minerals processing or building products apprenticeship.
CAREER PROSPECTS
With experience you could become a shift supervisor. You could also move into plant and machinery maintenance after completing a course in engineering.