Rubber Factory Workers

Rubber Factory Workers perform routine tasks in manufacturing tyres and other rubber products.

What the job involves

• Adjusts steam and water valves to regulate heat of machine, depending on process to be carried out

• Inserts die or mould to machine or press where required

• Loads or feeds raw rubber or rubber compounds to machine, before or after starting machine

• Adjusts machine controls or processes where necessary to ensure correct thickness of product or speed of extrusion

• Removes finished product from machine by hand or with hand tools

• Washes crude rubber, applies chemicals where required and operates special types of machines or presses