How to become a rubber products machine operator
Official title: Rubber products machine operator
Also called: Air-bag moulder (tyre making), Banbury mixer operator, Bead builder (tyre making), Hose maker, Rubber calender operator, Rubber coating machine operator, Rubber compounder, Rubber dipping machine operator, Rubber embossing machine operator, Rubber extruding machine operator, Rubber impregnating machine operator, Rubber laminating machine operator
Rubber products machine operator monitors and operates machines which knead and blend rubber and rubber compounds to produce various components and products from natural and synthetic rubber, such as moulded footwear, domestic articles, insulating materials, industrial accessories or tyres.
Main tasks
- Operating and monitoring machines which knead, mix and blend rubber and rubber compounds for further processing
- Operating and monitoring machines which produce sheets of rubber or rubberised fabric by a rolling process
- Operating and monitoring machines which extrude compounded rubber or shape vulcanised rubber by moulding
- Operating and monitoring machines which build up tyres on a form, vulcanise tyres and mould or rebuild used tyres
- Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications
- Locating defects and repairing worn and faulty tyres by vulcanising or other processes
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026