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Rubber Manufacturing Machine Setter and Minder

OFO Code: 714102

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
714102
Occupation
Rubber Manufacturing Machine Setter and Minder
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS
Unit group
7141 · Rubber Products Machine Operators

Official description
Rubber-products machine operators operate and monitor machines which knead and blend rubber and rubber compounds, and produce various components and products from natural and synthetic rubber, such as moulded footwear, domestic articles, insulating materials, industrial accessories, or tyres.

More official OFO detail
  • Operating and monitoring machines which produce sheets of rubber or rubberised fabric by a rolling process
  • Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications
  • Locating defects and repairing worn and faulty tyres by vulcanising or other processes
  • Operating and monitoring machines which build up tires on a form, vulcanise tires and mould or rebuild used tires
  • Operating and monitoring machines which extrude compounded rubber or shape vulcanised rubber by moulding
  • Operating and monitoring machines which knead, mix and blend rubber and rubber compounds for further processing

2. Demand status

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