A professional who tends conveyorized machine that dips forms into liquid latex to produce rubber goods, such as balloons, finger cots, and prophylactics. Respnsibilities include:

• Mixes liquid latex in drums, using electric mixer or wooden paddle.
• Dips latex from drum into cans, and conveys filled cans on handtruck to machine holding tanks.
• Pours latex into gravity flow tank to maintain specified tank level.
• Starts machine that moves forms through various vats, driers, ovens, and rinses in continuous operation to form product.
• Removes sample of latex goods from form after final dip, weighs it, and adds solution of ammonia or latex to tank when weight does not meet requirements.
• Changes filters in latex tanks.
• Replaces dirty, loose, or broken forms on conveyor.
• Adds water softener to curing tanks.
• Verifies temperature and humidity on instrument control charts.