Job Description:

• 1) Tends devulcanizers that process ground scrap rubber with chemical compounds under steam pressure to produce reclaim rubber: Turns valves and observes gauges to drain specified quantities of materials, such as oil, pigments, and water onto scrap rubber in devulcanizer.

• 2) Closes and bolts loading hatch to seal devulcanizer.

• 3) Turns valves and observes gauges to maintain specified operating temperature and release steam pressure when unloading devulcanizer.

• 4) May attach specified cycle chart to automatic timer.

• 5) Records production data.

• 6) May open discharge valve, allowing steam pressure to blow devulcanized rubber into holding tank.

• 7) May weigh and dump ground scrap rubber into devulcanizers.

• 8) May tend high-pressure devulcanizer and be designated High-Pressure Devulcanizer Operator.