Job Description:

• 1) Tends steam heaters or presses that shape and cure rubber floor mats: Positions sheets of precut calendered rubber on molds.

• 2) Turns valve to activate vacuum fixtures that draw and hold rubber against contours of molds.

• 3) Examines molds to ascertain that rubber sheet covers mold and smooths out wrinkles.

• 4) Removes excess rubber from mold, using knife or roller.

• 5) Pushes switch to close press and move heater carriage into heater.

• 6) Turns valve to admit steam and sets timer for specified curing time.

• 7) Strips cured mats from mold.

• 8) Examines mats for defects, such as discoloration, misforming, blisters, and cracks.

• 9) Marks defective mats for repair and places them on skids.