A professional who tends machines that apply margin of rubber or latex cement to rubberized fabric parts used in assembling rubber footwear. Responsibilities include:

• Starts machine, picks up uncemented part from book, board, tray, frame, or stack and applies cement, using any of following methods:
• (1) Draws edge of workpiece between preset revolving rollers, exercising care to obtain even coating and prevent part from being misshapen.
• (2) Depresses pedal to bring rollers together on material passing between rollers.
• (3) Holds top of skirtlike upper along bottom edge between rollers to apply margin of cement all around for subsequent bonding to shoe bottom.

• Turns setscrews to adjust distances between pickup, wiper, and applicator rollers and blades to regulate amount of cement deposited.
• Places processed parts on conveyor belt or in books, frames, or stacks.
• May stack one part in another before cementing.