A professional who tends machine that cuts uncured rubber or rubber-coated fabric strip into specified lengths, for use as leg straps on gaiters and hip boots. Responsibilities include:

• Selects cutoff wheel (having x-shaped cutting dies bolted in rim) for severing strap length.
• Bolts cutoff wheel to drive shaft, positions and bolts backing wheel against it, rim to rim, using wrenches.
• Mounts roll of strip in holder and threads end through guide and between wheels.
• Positions carton beneath wheels to catch cut straps.
• Starts machine, observes and counts mark on cutting wheel as it passes given mark on machine frame, to determine when required number of straps are cut.
• Arranges cut straps in books for use in assembling boots.