Occupation Profile for Tire Builders

Operate machines to build tires from rubber components.

Core — Depress pedals to rotate drums, and wind specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies.
Supplemental — Cut plies at splice points, and press ends together to form continuous bands.
Supplemental — Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends.
Supplemental — Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve.
Supplemental — Activate bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.