Job Description:

• 1) Assembles rubberized fabric, rubber tubing, and gum rubber ply stocks to fabricate industrial hose: Lifts mandrel, using hoist, and locks end of mandrel in motorized chuck, using wrench.

• 2) Swabs rubber tubing and ply stocks with solvent and rubber cement to clean them and provide adhesive surfaces.

• 3) Aligns strips and sheets of ply stock with rubber tubing as specified.

• 4) Depresses pedal to rotate mandrel and guides ply stock onto rubber tubing to form hose.

• 5) Rolls assembled hose to ensure adherence of plies, using mechanical or hand roller and stitcher.

• 6) Smooths wrinkles and presses loose plies together, using fingers and roller.

• 7) Cements brand on assembled hose prior to curing.

• 8) Measures dimensions of hose with rule, calipers, and gauges, and cuts off excess rubber with knife.

• 9) Wraps fabric around hose to prepare hose for curing.

• 10) Clamps or cements metal fittings to ends of hose, using rubber cement and handtools.

• 11) May load and unload hose in autoclave heater, using hoist.

• 12) May move cured hose to storage area, using hoist.