9423 – Rubber processing machine operators and related workers
Rubber processing machine operators and related workers operate rubber processing machinery and assemble and inspect rubber products. They are employed by tire manufacturers and other rubber products manufacturing companies.
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Index of titles
Example titles
Air brake hose builder – rubber products manufacturing
Airbag and tube curer – rubber products manufacturing
Airbag builder – rubber products manufacturing
Aircraft tire tube builder – rubber products manufacturing
Arch-cushion-skiving machine operator
Assembly line tire repairer
Automotive rubber parts cutter
Back strip machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Banbury machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Banbury mixer operator – rubber products manufacturing
Banbury operator – rubber products manufacturing
Band assembler – rubber products manufacturing
Band stock preparer – rubber products manufacturing
Bead-forming machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Beading machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Belt brander – rubber products manufacturing
Bias cutter – rubber products manufacturing
Bias cutting operator – rubber products manufacturing
Bladder moulder – rubber products manufacturing
Blow-out and test operator – rubber products
Bonder – rubber products manufacturing
Bonding press tender – rubber products manufacturing
Braider operator – rubber products manufacturing
Braiding machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Calender let-off operator – rubber products manufacturing
Calender machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Calender operator – rubber products manufacturing
Calender roll warmer – rubber products manufacturing
Calender wind-up tender – rubber products manufacturing
Cementer – rubber products manufacturing
Cementer operator – rubber products manufacturing
Chafer builder
Continuous mixer operator – rubber products manufacturing
Conveyor belt splicer – rubber products manufacturing
Cracker operator – rubber products manufacturing
Cross head operator – rubber products manufacturing
Cure operator – rubber products manufacturing
Cured tire repairer
Curing machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Curing man/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Curing press set-up operator – rubber products manufacturing
Curing press tender – rubber products manufacturing
Dipping machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Earth mover tire builder
Electrical rubber goods manufacturing tester
Expansion joint builder – rubber products manufacturing
Expansion joint finisher – rubber products manufacturing
Experimental tire manufacturing inspector
Extruder operator – rubber products manufacturing
Extruding machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Extrusion finisher – rubber products manufacturing
Feeder mill operator – rubber products manufacturing
Fire hose curer rubber
Floor mat press tender – rubber products manufacturing
Foam rubber goods inspector
Foam rubber machine operator
Foam rubber maker
Foam rubber mattress inspector
Foam rubber mixer
Foam rubber press operator
Folded gasket maker – rubber products manufacturing
Foxer – rubber goods
Freeze tumbler tender – rubber products manufacturing
Fuel tank form builder
Gang press operator – rubber products manufacturing
Gluer – rubber products manufacturing
Gluing machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Golf ball assembler
Golf ball maker
Golf ball vulcanizer
Green tire inspector
Green tire lubricator
Green tire repairer
Grinder operator – rubber products manufacturing
Gum cutter – rubber footwear
Hand bonder – rubber footwear manufacturing
Hand hose maker – rubber products manufacturing
Hand rubber footwear maker
Hand tire trimmer
Heel cutter – rubber footwear
Heel maker – rubber footwear
Hooker-laster – rubber products manufacturing
Hose curer – rubber products manufacturing
Hose cutter and brander operator – rubber products manufacturing
Hose maker machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Inner tube finisher – rubber products manufacturing
Inner tube skiver – rubber products manufacturing
Inner tube sorter – rubber reclaiming
Inner tube valve builder
Inner tube vulcanizer tender – rubber products manufacturing
Inner-tube-processing equipment tender – rubber products manufacturing
Laminating machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Laminating machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Laster – rubber footwear manufacturing
Latex ribbon machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Latex thread machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Liner reroller – rubber products manufacturing
Loom tender – rubber products manufacturing
Lube and splice operator – rubber products
Machine hose cutter and brander – rubber products manufacturing
Machine hose maker – rubber products manufacturing
Machine trimmer – rubber products manufacturing
Mandrel builder – rubber products manufacturing
Mill operator – rubber processing
Mill operator – rubber products manufacturing
Mill tender – rubber products manufacturing
Millroom operator – rubber products manufacturing
Mixer operator – rubber processing
Mixer operator – rubber products manufacturing
Mixing and grinding machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Mould machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Moulded rubber boot maker
Moulded rubber products inspector-trimmer
Moulder – rubber products manufacturing
Moulding press tender – rubber products manufacturing
Moulding pressman/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Mouldman/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Multiroll calender operator – rubber products manufacturing
Padded products repairer
Ply assembler – rubber
Ply splicer – rubber products manufacturing
Press line operator – rubber products manufacturing
Press operator – rubber products manufacturing
Presser – rubber products manufacturing
Production operator – rubber products manufacturing
Puller-laster – rubber products manufacturing
Punch press operator – rubber products manufacturing
Radial tire builder
Reclaim millman/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Reclaimed rubber inspector
Refiner mill tender – rubber products manufacturing
Roll builder – rubber products manufacturing
Roll coverer – rubber products manufacturing
Roll grinder – rubber products manufacturing
Roll operator – rubber products manufacturing
Roller repairer – rubber products manufacturing
Roller repairman/woman – rubber products manufacturing
Rubber band cutter
Rubber belt buffer
Rubber belt builder
Rubber belt cogger
Rubber belt maker
Rubber boot cutter
Rubber boot maker
Rubber cement mixer
Rubber closure installer
Rubber coater
Rubber cord assembler
Rubber cord cutter
Rubber cord splicer
Rubber curer – rubber products manufacturing
Rubber cushion inspector
Rubber cutter
Rubber drum builder
Rubber fire hose maker
Rubber flap curer
Rubber flap presser
Rubber foam cushion fabricator
Rubber footwear maker
Rubber footwear parts buffer
Rubber footwear repairer
Rubber footwear tread machine tender
Rubber fuel tank builder
Rubber fuel tank finisher and repairer
Rubber gasket cutter
Rubber gasket finisher
Rubber gasket gluer
Rubber gasket maker
Rubber gear moulder
Rubber glove maker
Rubber golf ball cover treater
Rubber goods assembler
Rubber goods cutter-finisher
Rubber goods inspector
Rubber goods machine operator
Rubber goods press operator
Rubber goods repairer
Rubber grinder
Rubber hose builder
Rubber lining installer
Rubber mill operator
Rubber moulder operator – rubber products manufacturing
Rubber press operator
Rubber processing machine operator
Rubber products assembler
Rubber products inspector
Rubber products manufacturing inspector
Rubber products polisher
Rubber products tester
Rubber products trimmer
Rubber products washer-dryer
Rubber roll grinding inspector
Rubber shoe cementer
Rubber shoe strap maker
Rubber slab inspector
Rubber snowtrack builder
Rubber sole maker
Rubber splicer
Rubber splitter – rubber products manufacturing
Rubber sponge gasket assembler
Rubber squeegee splicer
Rubber stamp maker
Rubber stripper and applier
Rubber trimmer
Rubber tube vulcanizer tender
Rubber tubing splicer
Rubber V-belt builder
Rubber V-belt coverer
Rubber V-belt curer
Rubber V-belt finisher
Rubber V-belt skiver
Rubber-cutting machine operator
Rubber-strap-folding machine tender
Rug underlay machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Scrap rubber grinder – recycling
Sheet rubber inspector
Sheeter – rubber products manufacturing
Skiver – rubber products manufacturing
Slab machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Slitter operator – rubber products manufacturing
Softball centre moulder
Sole-treading machine tender – rubber footwear manufacturing
Spiral wound gasket maker – rubber products manufacturing
Splicer – rubber products manufacturing
Splicing machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Splitting machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Sponge rubber goods inspector
Spooler-twister operator – rubber products manufacturing
Spreader machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Spreader operator – rubber products manufacturing
Spreader tender – rubber products manufacturing
Strainer tender – rubber products manufacturing
Strap machine tender – rubber products manufacturing
Strip machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Tank liner – rubber products manufacturing
Tire assembler
Tire bagger
Tire breaker operator
Tire buffer
Tire builder
Tire classifier
Tire coverer
Tire curer
Tire finisher
Tire inspector
Tire maker
Tire rebuilder
Tire recapper
Tire repairer-vulcanizer
Tire retreader
Tire retreading inspector
Tire touch-up and buff worker
Tire tread moulder
Tire valve worker
Tire vulcanizer
Tire-bagging machine tender
Tire-retreading machine tender
Traction belt builder – rubber products manufacturing
Transmix operator – rubber products manufacturing
Tread cutter machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Tread-cutting machine operator – rubber products manufacturing
Trim lathe operator – rubber products manufacturing
Trimmer operator – rubber products manufacturing
Truck tire builder
Truck tire tread cutter
Tube finisher – rubber products manufacturing
Tube skiver – rubber
Tube sorter – rubber reclaiming
Tube vulcanizer tender – rubber products manufacturing
Tuber operator – rubber products manufacturing
Tumbler operator – rubber products manufacturing
Tumbler tender – rubber products manufacturing
Uncured tire inspector
Uncured tire lubricator
Uncured tire repairer
Valve buffer – rubber products manufacturing
Vulcanizer – rubber products manufacturing
Wrapper operator – rubber products
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Rubber processing machine operators
Set up, operate and tend machinery used for mixing, calendering, extruding, moulding and curing rubber materials or rubber products
Load or feed rubber, pigments, filler, oil and chemicals into machines
Check and monitor processing conditions and product quality
Adjust machines to proper setting as required
Train or assist in training new workers.
Rubber products assemblers
Lay out and prepare rubber materials for assembly
Operate machines or equipment or use hand tools to cut, shape, splice, fit and cement rubber materials to form rubber parts or finished rubber products
Operate finishing machines or equipment to trim, grind, or buff rubber products into final form
Train or assist in training new workers.
Rubber products inspectors
Inspect finished rubber products for defects and conformance to specifications and quality standards, visually or using instruments
Affix seals or tags to approved products and mark and reroute defective products for repair or recycle
Fill out product inspection report
May make minor adjustments or repairs to products.
Employment requirements
Completion of secondary school may be required.
Experience as a labourer in the same company may be required.
On-the-job training is provided.
Additional information
Mobility among the various labourers in this unit group is possible.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Exclusions
Labourers in rubber and plastic products manufacturing (9615)
Plastic products assemblers, finishers and inspectors (9535)
Plastics processing machine operators (9422)
Supervisors, plastic and rubber products manufacturing (9214)