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Glass, Clay and Stone Manufacturing Machine Setter and Minder
OFO Code: 711402
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 711402
- Occupation
- Glass, Clay and Stone Manufacturing Machine Setter and Minder
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
- Unit group
- 7114 · Cement, Stone and Other Mineral Products Machine Operators
Official description
Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators operate and monitor machines for manufacturing and finishing precast concrete, bitumen, and stone products, and making cast stone for building purposes.
More official OFO detail
- Operating plant and machinery which assembles and fills moulds with concrete and artificial stone mixtures, removes castings from moulds and finishes surfaces of precast products
- Operating plant and machines which weigh and mix sand, gravel, cement, water and other ingredients to make concrete
- Cutting, grinding, drilling, sandblasting and polishing concrete products and stone blocks, slabs and products to the specifications for the job
- Checking and maintaining production records, including information about quantities, dimensions and types of materials and goods produced
- Monitoring plant and machines during operation by observing instruments such as temperature and pressure gauges, and adjusting controls and reporting malfunctions as necessary
- Operating extrusion, moulding, mixing, pumping, compacting, grinding and cutting machinery to manufacture and finish precast concrete and stone products
- Checking production plans and specifications to determine and select materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings and adjustments for extrusion, moulding, mixing and compacting machines
- Operating plant to produce cement, lime and clinker, including loading and unloading ingredients and operating continuous feed equipment such as pumps and conveyors
- Collecting and examining samples of mixtures and finished products for conformity to specifications and adjusting machine settings accordingly
- Arranging and assisting with plant and machinery maintenance and repair
2. Demand status
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned