• Tire Builders
  • Manufacturing
  • Annual Median Wage
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    Moderately Growing
  • Tire Builders operate machines to build tires.

What do they typically do

  • Cut plies at splice points and press ends together to form continuous bands
  • Depress pedals to rotate drums, and wind specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies
  • Use hand tools and gauges to position ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock
  • Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts and nail holes and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading
  • Position rollers that turn ply edges under and over beads, or use steel rods to turn ply edges
  • Activate bead setters that press prefabricated beads onto plies
  • Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice end
  • Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve

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Job Growth +0.8%
Job Openings 1

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