DOT Code: 690.685-046

Industry: boot & shoe
Alternate Titles: brusher; buffing-machine operator; cuffer; polisher; rasper-machine operator; remover; roughener; ruffer; sander; sand

Tends machine that smooths or roughens shoe parts by either of following methods: (1) Holds and presses part against abrasive cylinder that polishes and sands part or against wire roughing wheel to clean and prepare part for cementing. (2) Feeds sole between rubber presser roller and abrasive-covered roller that roughens part for cementing. May feed part into trimming cutter to trim part. May tape parts to protect masked areas during buffing or inking. May grind off rough surfaces from hair side of hides and be designated Hide Buffer (boot & shoe). May be designated according to part buffed, roughened, or sanded as Box-Toe Buffer (boot & shoe). May be designated according to type of material brushed or sanded as Crepe-Sole Scourer (boot & shoe); Crepe-Sole Wire Brusher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to purpose for which part is roughened as Rougher For Cement (boot & shoe). May be designated: Bottom Buffer (boot & shoe); Breast Buffer (boot & shoe); Channel Rougher (boot & shoe); Counter Buffer (boot & shoe); Heel Buffer (boot & shoe); Heel-Emery Buffer (boot & shoe); Heel Sander, Rubber (boot & shoe); Heel-Seat Sander (boot & shoe); Heel Slicker (boot & shoe); Insole Buffer (boot & shoe); Insole Sander (boot & shoe); Joint Sander (boot & shoe); Shank Sander (boot & shoe); Sole Buffer (boot & shoe); Sole Rougher (boot & shoe); Top-Lift Scourer (boot & shoe); Welt Rougher (boot & shoe).

GOE: 06.04.05 STRENGTH: L GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 78