// Unit group · 8141

Rubber Products Machine Operators

Rubber-products machine operators monitor and operate machines which knead and blend rubber and rubber compounds and produce various components and products from natural and synthetic rubber, such as moulded footwear, domestic articles, insulating materials, industrial accessories, or tyres.

8 Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers / 81 Stationary Plant and Machine Operators / 814 Rubber, Plastic and Paper Products Machine Operators / All level 4

// Working conditions

Air and dustChemicalsMachineryNoiseShift work

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

operating and monitoring machines which knead, mix and blend rubber and rubber compounds for further processing

operating and monitoring machines which produce sheets of rubber or rubberized fabric by a rolling process

operating and monitoring machines which extrude compounded rubber or shape vulcanized rubber by moulding

operating and monitoring machines which build up tires on a form, vulcanise tires and mould or rebuild used tyres

examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications

locating defects and repairing worn and faulty tyres by vulcanizing or other processes.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Latex worker
- Rubber extruding machine operator
- Rubber milling machine operator
- Rubber moulder
- Rubber products machine operator
- Tyre maker
- Tyre repairer
- Vulcanizer

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