Job Description:

• 1) Lays up fiberglass and resin-coated fabrics on plaster, steel, or wooden forms to mold plastic parts for products, such as boats, sporting equipment, automobile bodies, and airplane seats: Cleans form with solvent and sprays it with parting agent, such as wax or soap.

• 2) Cuts fabric to specified size, following pattern or template and using knife or scissors.

• 3) Measures and mixes plastic resins, coloring agents, and catalyst as specified, using scales and portable mixer.

• 4) Spreads compound on form, positions fabric on compound, and rubs fabric with squeegee to remove air bubbles.

• 5) Applies additional layers of compound and fabric to build up specified number of laminations.

• 6) Trims edges of laminated fabric, using scissors or knife.

• 7) Allows part to cure and removes it from mold.

• 8) May paint part, using spray gun.

• 9) May drill and cut part, following template and using power drill and power saw.

• 10) Sprays mixture of chopped fiberglass, resin, and catalyst on mold to form laminations, using spray gun.

• 11) May tend machine that wraps resin impregnated fabric strips around mandrel to form plastic rods.