A professional who tends machine that cuts bales of crude rubber into pieces. Respnsibilities include:

• Removes wired wooden wrapping or metal straps, using cutters.
• Loads bale into machine bed, using electric hoist or pulls bale from chute, using hook.
• Moves lever to release hydraulic ram that pushes bale through stationary knives.
• May remove burlap covering from bales and truck them to machine.
• May push bales onto bed of cutting machine.
• May pull layers of smoked or crepe rubber apart, using hook.