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A professional who tends machine that glues and winds strips of paper around paperboard boxes to form decorative and protective covering. Responsibilities include:
* Pours specified amounts of glue and water into glue reservoir.
* Positions roll of paper on holder and threads end of paper through guides and gluing rollers of machine.
* Places box on form attached to machine spindle and aligns and presses end of glued paper to side of box.
* Presses pedal to rotate box to wind paper around box and automatically cut paper after one revolution.
* Smooths paper on sides of box as it is wound to prevent wrinkling.
* May turn under excess paper at top and bottom of box.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that shapes box tops. Responsibilities include:
* Sets box top on machine table (anvil) and presses pedal that lowers die onto box top to shape it.
* May adjust machine and change shaping parts (dies) to accommodate different styles of boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues ends on cardboard boxes or containers. Responsibilities include:
* Adjusts box form on machine and stacks ends in machine feedrack.
* Fills glue reservoir and starts machine.
* Bends scored blank around box form and presses pedal to position and glue end or ends on box.
* Stacks boxes on table for wrapping.
* May be designated according to machine operated as double-ending-machine operator; single-ending-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues oversized piece of cardboard (extension piece) to box top or bottom to form decorative protecting edge or flange around box. Responsibilities include:
* Loads cardboard pieces into machine feed hopper, fills glue reservoir, and starts machine.
* Positions formed box on block and presses pedal to activate machine that glues piece onto box.
* Removes box from machine and stacks on pallet for wrapping.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that folds paper goods, such as booklets, pamphlets, notebooks, paper sheets, and manila folders. Responsibilities include:
* Turns handwheel to adjust folding slot opening and adjusts backstop according to sample, using rule and wrench.
* Starts machine and moves lever to engage clutch that activates folding blade and discharge conveyor rolls.
* Feeds items against backstop of machine, synchronizing feeding with action of folding blade.
* Removes folded items from discharge table and stacks them on pallets.
* May rub folded edge with wooden block to crease it.
* May handfold multiple sheets of paper that exceed machine capacity.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that folds and tapes corners of cardboard box blanks to form containers. Responsibilities include:
* Bolts box form to machine ram, using wrench, and adjusts walls of well to correspond to size of box form.
* Places reels of tape on machine feedrack and threads tape through feed and moisture rolls.
* Starts machine and loads scored box blanks into automatic feedrack.
* Examines boxes to detect defects as they are ejected from machine and stacks boxes on pallets or in bins.
* May tend wrapping machine that glues wrappers onto boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues paper over cardboard container blanks and cuts covered blanks to specified length. Responsibilities include:
* Spaces feed and gluing rollers according to dimensions of blanks to be covered and adjusts position of end shears that cut covered blanks to specified length, using handtools.
* Pours glue into machine reservoir, moves lever to increase or decrease temperature of gluing rollers and threads paper from roll through guide and gluing rollers.
* Starts machine and feeds cardboard blanks into machine that glues paper over blanks and cuts them to specified length.
* May mix glue solutions.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically forms paper cones from precut blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Loads blanks into feed hopper of machine and fills glue reservoir.
* Starts machine that forms blanks into cones and glues seams.
* Inspects paper cones for obvious defects as they are discharged from machine and discards defective cones.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically forms paper cones from precut blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Loads blanks into feed hopper of machine and fills glue reservoir.
* Starts machine that forms blanks into cones and glues seams.
* Inspects paper cones for obvious defects as they are discharged from machine and discards defective cones.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that glues transparent cellophane or acetate paper over precut windows in envelope or paperboard carton blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Replenishes glue reservoir and fills feed chute with precut transparent strips.
* Loads blanks in automatic feedrack and starts machine, or feeds blanks singly into machine.
* Removes jammed blanks from rollers, and inspects envelopes or cartons to detect defects in cutting and gluing.
* May tend machine equipped with roll of transparent material that cuts material into strips before gluing them to envelope or carton blanks.
Industry:Professional careers
