Becoming a Rubber Factory Worker in Queensland

About this role

Rubber Factory Workers perform routine tasks in manufacturing tyres and other rubber products.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Rubber Factory Worker include:

• adjusts steam and water valves to regulate heat of machine, depending on process to be carried out
• inserts die or mould to machine or press where required
• loads or feeds raw rubber or rubber compounds to machine, before or after starting machine
• adjusts machine controls or processes where necessary to ensure correct thickness of product or speed of extrusion
• removes finished product from machine by hand or with hand tools
• washes crude rubber, applies chemicals where required and operates special types of machines or presses.