A professional who tends steam heaters or presses that shape and cure rubber floor mats. Respnsibilities include:

• Positions sheets of precut calendered rubber on molds.
• Turns valve to activate vacuum fixtures that draw and hold rubber against contours of molds.
• Examines molds to ascertain that rubber sheet covers mold and smooths out wrinkles.
• Removes excess rubber from mold, using knife or roller.
• Pushes switch to close press and move heater carriage into heater.
• Turns valve to admit steam and sets timer for specified curing time.
• Strips cured mats from mold.
• Examines mats for defects, such as discoloration, misforming, blisters, and cracks.
• Marks defective mats for repair and places them on skids.