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Splitting-Machine Operator

DOT Code: 690.685-386

Industry: rubber goods; rubber reclaim.
Alternate Titles: beadsaw operator; debeader; skiver; slitting-machine operator; trimming-machine operator; turner-spl

Tends machines that cut scrap tires or split rubber sheets for reclaiming rubber: Adjusts guides to accommodate tire size and cut to be made, and installs blades, using handtools. Lifts tire or sheet onto powered rollers by hand or with hoist. Starts rollers that force tire or sheet against blade or endless-belt-type saw to split tire or sheet into piles, shear tire into sections, sever bead from tire, trim rubber from carcass, or separate sponge rubber from carpeting. May be designated according to type of cutting performed as Carcass Trimmer (rubber reclaim.); Scrap-Tire Shearer (rubber reclaim.); Tire Debeader (rubber reclaim.).

GOE: 06.04.07 STRENGTH: H GED: R2 M1 L2 SVP: 2 DLU: 77