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Career Details :: Tire Builders
Description
Operate machines to build tires from rubber components.
Experience
No previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, a person can become a general office clerk even if he/she has never worked in an office before.
Education
These occupations may require a high school diploma or GED certificate. Some may require a formal training course to obtain a license.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few days to a few months of training. Usually, an experienced worker could show you how to do the job.
Tasks
- Activates bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies and position rollers that turn ply edges under and over beads.
- Winds chafers and breaker onto plies.
- Aligns tread with guide, starts drum to wind tread onto plies, and slices ends.
- Positions ply stitcher rollers and drum according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges.
- Pulls ply from supply rack and aligns ply with edge of drum.
- Cuts ply at splice point and presses ends together to form continuous band.
- Depresses pedal to collapse drum and lifts tire onto conveyor.
- Rubs cement stick on drum edge to provide adhesive surface for plies.
- Starts rollers that bond tread and plies as drum revolves.
- Depresses pedal to rotate drum and winds specified number of plies around drum to form tire body.
- Brushes solvent onto ply to ensure adhesion and repeats process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tire.
- Turns ends of plies under and over beads with steel rod.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Indoors
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
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