Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that cut and trim cured rubber articles, such as ear plugs, water goggles, and automotive parts, from molded rubber sheets: Selects cutting die and fastens to bed of cutting machine with clamps or bolts.

• 2) Positions molded rubber sheet over die, feeling with fingers to determine that each article in sheet is evenly aligned with cutting edges of die.

• 3) Places fiberboard over rubber sheet to prevent damage to die cutting edges from ram.

• 4) Pushes buttons to lower ram and cut out parts.

• 5) May be designated according to type of machine used as Hydraulic-Punch-Press Operator; Roller-Die-Cutting-Machine Operator.