A professional who sets up and operates machine that automatically cuts outsoles for rubber footwear from slabs of uncured rubber or compressed cork. Responsibilities include:

• Bolts selected follower (template) on machine and mounts cutting blade in traveler against follower, using handtools.
• Starts machine and feeds slabs onto conveyor that carries them beneath follower, overlapping ends to form continuous strip.
• Lifts scrap rubber (web) from cutout outsoles and threads it through rollers that automatically strip it from outsoles and carry it off by conveyor to scrap truck.
• Calculates from work ticket, number of pairs and books required for each size sole ordered and advises booker, to remove cutout outsoles from other end of conveyor belt.
• Observes cut outsoles for ragged edges, indicating dulled blade.