Job Description:

• 1) Tends machines that recap and retread tires for reuse: Inspects tire to determine whether it is suitable for recapping and rejects tire if damaged beyond repair.

• 2) Pushes tire against power buffing wheels, using tire holder, to prepare tire for recapping or retreading.

• 3) Builds new tread onto buffed casing, using brush or spray gun to apply rubber cement, and hand roller to cause tread to adhere to casing.

• 4) Tends mold that vulcanizes tread onto tire and molds tread design, and adjusts controls to inflate air bag within tire to specified pressure and heat mold to required temperature.

• 5) May tend machine that automatically ingests, extrudes, and applies rubber to buffed tire.