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Rubber Products Machine Operators: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Rubber Products Machine Operators is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 8141) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

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  • Tyre repairer
  • Vulcanizer
8European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
3countries report a surplus
341open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
8141ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 8 European countries reported a shortage of rubber products machine operators: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. 3 reported a surplus: Austria, Belgium and Finland. Belgium appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest rubber products machine operators job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

323 open ads

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

18 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where rubber products machine operators are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all plant and machine operators and assemblers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CzechiaShortage€1,285 a monthPrague: €1,250
GermanyShortage€2,907 a monthBerlin: €1,350
ItalyShortage€2,300 a month *Rome: €1,300
LithuaniaShortageNot yet verifiedVilnius: €830
RomaniaShortage€924 a month *Not yet verified
SlovakiaShortage€1,230 a monthBratislava: €910
SloveniaShortage€1,633 a monthLjubljana: €950
BelgiumShortage and surplusNot yet verifiedBrussels: €1,150
AustriaSurplus€3,040 a month *Vienna: €1,250
FinlandSurplus€3,361 a month *Helsinki: €1,150

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all plant and machine operators and assemblers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for rubber products machine operators alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What rubber products machine operators do

Rubber-products machine operators monitor and operate machines which knead and blend rubber and rubber compounds and produce various components and products from natural and synthetic rubber, such as moulded footwear, domestic articles, insulating materials, industrial accessories, or tyres.

Typical tasks

  • Operating and monitoring machines which knead, mix and blend rubber and rubber compounds for further processing
  • Operating and monitoring machines which produce sheets of rubber or rubberized fabric by a rolling process
  • Operating and monitoring machines which extrude compounded rubber or shape vulcanized rubber by moulding
  • Operating and monitoring machines which build up tires on a form, vulcanise tires and mould or rebuild used tyres
  • Examining outputs for defects and conformity to specifications
  • Locating defects and repairing worn and faulty tyres by vulcanizing or other processes

Finding rubber products machine operators jobs in Europe

Search all EU vacancies on EURES Check if your job is regulated
  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Rubber products machine operator".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

PragueBerlinRomeVilniusBratislavaLjubljanaBrussels

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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