Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that mold nonwoven carpet used in automobiles: Places carpet blank into oven that heats carpet to prepare carpet for molding.

• 2) Sprays insides of stationary mold with silicone fluid, using pump sprayer, to prevent sticking.

• 3) Places jute backing over steel pins in stationary mold.

• 4) Removes heated carpet from oven, smooths carpet over mold, and secures carpet over jute on stationary mold.

• 5) Observes carpet to detect defects, such as wrinkling and drawn edges, that indicate overheating of carpet.

• 6) Turns dial on oven to adjust heating cycle.

• 7) Presses button to lower upper mold onto stationary mold to press, cool, shape, and bond carpet and jute backing to fit sections of automobile.

• 8) Removes carpet from mold and places carpet on trim buck.

• 9) Presses button to lower holding device that secures carpet in position for trimming.

• 10) Trims carpet along trim line, using utility knife.

• 11) Hammers carpet, using mallet, to remove knockout sections on trim buck.

• 12) Sprays adhesive onto bottom of exposed carpet to reattach loose jute, using spray can.