8141-Rubber Products Machine Operators

Job Title: 

Rubber Products Machine Operators

Job Description: 

Rubber products machine operators monitor and operate 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.

Tasks: 

Tasks include:

  • operating and monitoring machines which knead, mix and blend rubber and rubber compounds for further processing
  • operating and monitoring machines which produces 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
Additional Notes: 


This unit group includes

Tyre making machine operator
Rubber laminating machine operator
Rubber calendar machine operator

This unit group excludes

Rubber stamp maker (7540)

Specific Occupations: 

81411
Rubber millman

81412
Rubber laminating machine operator

81419
Other rubber products machine operators

International Careers(ISCO): 
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Source Of Info: 

Source: SINGAPORE STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION 2015, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Republic of Singapore