Job Description:

• 1) Tends machine that splits leather or shoe parts to reduce parts to uniform thickness or to cut parts into two or more layers, by any of following methods: Feeds part between rollers that force part against blade.

• 2) Positions part against machine guides and depresses pedal to force splitting blade against part.

• 3) Holds part against guide and horizontal band-blade.

• 4) Turns setscrews or handwheels to adjust blade or rollers as specified.

• 5) Verifies thickness of parts with specifications, using gauge.

• 6) May sharpen machine blades.

• 7) May be designated according to parts split as Ball-Point Splitter; Heel-Cover Splitter; Heel splitter; Heel-Top-Lift Splitter; Insole-And-Outsole Splitter; Sole Splitter.

• 8) May be designated according to machine tended as Band Splitter.