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Thulasizwe Penuel

Thulasizwe Penuel

Injection moulding setter

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LadismithMember since July 15, 2026
Machine settingTroubleshootingProblem solvingColour changeMaintenanceHousekeeping
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About

I am dedicated young man who is willing to work under lot of pressure and still produce a desired results and gain more experiance in plastic industries. My wish is to work in another plastic company as setter where i will demonstrate my experience and continue put the companies interest and goals at high level. I believe in these industry in most cases when you are a setter you have to be candidate like me who is a problem solver and intelligent man who think out of the box who is very strategically and an experienced candidate who is hardworker.

Experience

Setter at Industrial Consumer Plastic (ICP) (2020-09-11 – 2024-12-13)

I work with different kinds of machines such as Haitian,Demag, Stock and bosch. I have work with material such as PP,GPPS,HDPE,LDPE,ACETAL,HIPS,NYLON,PET,PC and ABS. I do these below duties.

  • Mold changer
  • Setting up machines
  • Preparing a robort if the mould will be suitable for that mould. we have star robort and haitian robort as well as sprue picker robort.
  • Overhead Crane Operator 2500ton for mold installation or mold change.
  • Trouble shooting
  • Assist in break down
  • Problem solving
  • Ensure housekeeping maintained
  • Equipped with trouble shooting in injection moulding machine and plastic problem solving skills.

Setter at Lasher tools (2025-01-13 – 2025-05-31)

at lasher tools so i had two role in this company, i work as machine setter in injection machine and tools setter at tool room. At Plastic shop i did the following.

  • Mould installation and removal
  • Monitoring cycle times on each machine
  • Fill the hour check list on every machine
  • House keeping.
  • Troubleshooting
  • Problem solving
  • Colour change
  • Preparing a material
  • Drive forklift while installing and remove mould.
  • Servicing the mould
  • Strips and clean and greece the mould and assembly it.
  • Servicing the hydrolic cores by changing the old rubbers put new.

Setter at Glen tec tools (2025-06-01 – 2025-10-31)

  • Mould installed and removal
  • Monitoring the cycle times
  • Do colour changes
  • Do troubleshooting
  • Do maintenance like changing water pipes,cleaning the machine.
  • Assist in toolroom once all the machine are running smooth.
  • Check the stock to avoid overun the machine on the stock board.
  • House keeping.

Setter at Quality Crate Manufacturer (2025-10-01 – Present)

  • Troublshooting flash and shots shot
  • Do colour changes
  • Packing during lunch breaks
  • Assist in maintenance
  • Count product before sending it to customers
  • Do housekeeping.
  • Greece the mould every 3 days before shift start

Education

Matric Certificates in Grade 12 – Sakhelwe High School (2014)

Basic Injection Molding in Level 2 & 3 – Plastic SA (2022)

Forklift Operator in 7 ton – Global learning services (2023)

Overhead Crane certificate in 2500 ton – Global learning service (2023)

Advanced injection moulding in Level 4 – Plastic SA (2025)

Skills

Injection moulding setter

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