8133-Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Products Machine Operators

Job Title: 

Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Products Machine Operators

Job Description: 

Pharmaceutical and toiletry products machine operators operate and monitor machines which process a variety of chemicals and other ingredients used in the production of pharmaceutical and toiletry products.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • operating and monitoring equipment for moulding, filtering, fermenting, heating, mixing, grinding, filling and sealing materials used in the production of pharmaceutical, toiletry and related products
  • maintaining operational standards of tablets and pills coating machines
  • operating controls to regulate temperature, pressure, flow and speed of operation
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Tablets and pills coating machine operator
Granulator machine operator
Soap making machine operator

This unit group excludes

Chemical processing and chemical products plant and machine operators (8131)

Specific Occupations: 

81331
Pharmaceutical products machine operator

81332
Soap-making machine operator

81339
Other toiletry products machine operators

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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore