Machine operator, rubber products production

Rubber products machine operators operate and monitor machines for mixing and shaping rubber and rubber compounds and for producing various products from natural and synthetic rubber and plastics, such as footwear, household articles, insulating materials, articles for technical and industrial use, or vehicle tyres.

• operating and monitoring machines for mixing and shaping rubber and rubber compounds for further processing;
• operating and monitoring machines for producing rubber sheets or coating fabrics with rubber compounds by calendering;
• operating and monitoring machines for pressing rubber or moulding vulcanised rubber by pressing;
• operating and monitoring machines for producing, vulcanising or retreading vehicle tyres;
• inspecting products for defects in accordance with specifications;
• detecting defects and repairing worn and defective tyres by vulcanisation or other treatment.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Operator, rubber production
• Machine operator, rubber shaping
• Machine operator, rubber die cutting
• Machine operator, tyre production
• Machine operator, tyre vulcanising, etc.
• Machine operator, tyre retreading