Job Description:

• 1) Operates machines to dry hypalon or neoprene rubber solution to form film, to shape film into rope, and to cut rope into chips: Moves controls on panel to start rotating drum drier, pumps, and blowers, and to adjust speeds of roper machine and drier.

• 2) Observes meters and gauges to verify pressures and temperatures of machines.

• 3) Moves dials on automatic instruments to set and adjust level of rubber solution in drier and flow of steam through drier.

• 4) Turns valves to regulate flow of cooling water and temperature in cooling drum.

• 5) Threads film of rubber from drier through guiding rolls and slots of roper and through automatic cutting machine.

• 6) Keeps production and storage records.

• 7) Gives directions to workers in cleaning equipment, weighing, stenciling, and storing articles, filling roper chamber with talc, and in packing finished rubber chips into bags or drums.