Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that cuts bales of crude rubber into pieces: Removes wired wooden wrapping or metal straps, using cutters.

• 2) Loads bale into machine bed, using electric hoist or pulls bale from chute, using hook.

• 3) Moves lever to release hydraulic ram that pushes bale through stationary knives.

• 4) May remove burlap covering from bales and truck them to machine.

• 5) May push bales onto bed of cutting machine.

• 6) May pull layers of smoked or crepe rubber apart, using hook.