Job Description:

• 1) Tends automatic machine that cuts wavy or zigzag designs in outsoles for rubber footwear to provide nonskid surface: Positions sole on slide carriage under blade and between spring clamps that hold ends of sole to carriage.

• 2) Starts machine and moves lever to depress cutter that automatically cuts single row to set depth in vertical reciprocating action.

• 3) Moves lever to raise cutter, depresses pedal to return carriage to starting position, and repeats process to cut additional rows.

• 4) Releases clamps to replace finished workpiece.

• 5) Examines depth of cut, using mold mark on sole edge as guide, and raises or lowers blade, using wrench to adjust depth.