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Manufacturing Mould Setter Employment Contract UK

Name: Manufacturing Mould Setter Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: manufacturing_mould_setter_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set safe mould-change and start-up work around secure tooling, correct services and verified first-off production.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Probation period

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

Holiday terms explained for the selected arrangement.

Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

Before you create it

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When to use this contract

Maintain safe controlled mould changes, deliver stable approved start-ups, and deliver protected tools and machines.

Workplace context: Production, workshop, site or field locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering machines moulds shifts and changeovers. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lifting clamping services and guarding. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering recipes materials start-up and first-offs. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering tool care defects records and handover. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The setter cannot use unsafe lifting points, bypass guarding, alter protected parameters, approve product concessions or return damaged tools without reporting. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the machines tool weights and interfaces
the lifting competence and equipment
the recipe and parameter authority
the first-off and production-release process
the toolroom maintenance and quality routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Mould Setter work looks like in practice

A Mould Setter installs and changes mould tools on injection or related machinery, connects services and establishes approved start-up conditions. Terms should cover lifting plans, cranes, clamps, guarding, water, hydraulics, purging, recipes, material, first-off checks and tool care. The setter must not enter danger zones, improvise lifting or exceed tool and machine limits to reduce changeover time. A mould change involves interfaces among crane, machine platens, services, guards and the hot process, so a documented sequence and clear communication with operators are essential. The setter should verify tool identity, clamping force, ejector travel and water or hydraulic connections before cycling. Terms may cover purging, nozzle contact, hot-runner controls and prevention of contamination between materials. After start-up, tool condition and first-off evidence should be handed to production, including any temporary setting awaiting engineering review.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Prepare remove and install mould tools.
Use authorised lifting and clamping methods.
Connect services and load approved recipes.
Produce and present first-off parts.
Record condition defects and changeover status.

A realistic working scenario

A lifting point shows damage, so the setter quarantines the tool and obtains a safe handling plan.

Outputs to agree

safe controlled mould changes
stable approved start-ups
protected tools and machines

Records and evidence

Machine tool job and schedule.
Lifting equipment check and method.
Clamp service recipe and setup.
First-off defect tool condition and release.
Work records.
Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The setter cannot use unsafe lifting points, bypass guarding, alter protected parameters, approve product concessions or return damaged tools without reporting.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Machinery.
Quality systems.
Production records.
Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

Production, workshop, site or field locations.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

machines moulds shifts and changeovers
lifting clamping services and guarding
recipes materials start-up and first-offs
tool care defects records and handover

Information the employer should prepare

the machines tool weights and interfaces
the lifting competence and equipment
the recipe and parameter authority
the first-off and production-release process
the toolroom maintenance and quality routes

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Mould Setter contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for manufacturing work.

Work setting

Production, workshop, site or field locations.

Primary duties

Prepare remove and install mould tools.
Use authorised lifting and clamping methods.
Connect services and load approved recipes.
Produce and present first-off parts.

Tools and training to confirm

Machinery.
Quality systems.
Production records.
Risk assessment records.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering machines moulds shifts and changeovers. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lifting clamping services and guarding. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering recipes materials start-up and first-offs.

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Role wording

Mould Setter duties

Maintain safe controlled mould changes, deliver stable approved start-ups, and deliver protected tools and machines.

Prepare remove and install mould tools. Use authorised lifting and clamping methods. Connect services and load approved recipes. Produce and present first-off parts. Record condition defects and changeover status.

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Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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What is added to the finished contract

The setter cannot use unsafe lifting points, bypass guarding, alter protected parameters, approve product concessions or return damaged tools without reporting.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering machines moulds shifts and changeovers.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering lifting clamping services and guarding.

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