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A professional who tends machine that automatically cuts steel and paper strips to specified length, covers steel strip with paper, and glues covered steel strip to paper bag for use in sealing.
* Fills glue pot with paste and loads bags onto machine feed rack.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically cuts steel and paper strips to specified length, covers steel strip with paper, and glues covered steel strip to paper bag for use in sealing.
* Fills glue pot with paste and loads bags onto machine feed rack.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that stitches (staples) edges of plain and corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Reads production order to determine number of stitches required, turns gauge to specified setting and starts machine.
* Folds box blank by hand along scored lines or removes folded box blank from folding machine and feeds blank into machine that stitches edges.
* Inspects completed boxes for defective stitching and records quantity, style, and grade of boxes in production log.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that stitches (staples) edges of plain and corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Reads production order to determine number of stitches required, turns gauge to specified setting and starts machine.
* Folds box blank by hand along scored lines or removes folded box blank from folding machine and feeds blank into machine that stitches edges.
* Inspects completed boxes for defective stitching and records quantity, style, and grade of boxes in production log.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically makes shipping tags and file and index cards. Responsibilities include:
* Threads paper stock between guides that pass paper under printing roll, corner cutter, punch, eyeletter, and shears.
* Turns mechanical counter to zero.
* Starts machine that prints specified data on tag, trims corners, punches holes in end and reinforces hole with paper or metal eyelets, cuts tag or card to size, and records quantity produced.
* Examines ejected tags or cards for defects and notifies department supervisor of machine malfunction.
* Packs specified number of tags or cards in bundles or cartons for shipment.
* May adjust machine controls to omit specific machine operations when not required.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically makes shipping tags and file and index cards. Responsibilities include:
* Threads paper stock between guides that pass paper under printing roll, corner cutter, punch, eyeletter, and shears.
* Turns mechanical counter to zero.
* Starts machine that prints specified data on tag, trims corners, punches holes in end and reinforces hole with paper or metal eyelets, cuts tag or card to size, and records quantity produced.
* Examines ejected tags or cards for defects and notifies department supervisor of machine malfunction.
* Packs specified number of tags or cards in bundles or cartons for shipment.
* May adjust machine controls to omit specific machine operations when not required.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that staples ribbon or string (tape) ties onto flaps of fiber folder. Responsibilities include:
* Winds ribbons or string on reel and cuts strands with shears to make lengths of tape according to size of folders.
* Adjusts fastening machine guides according to size of folder, using handtools.
* Fills feed magazine with staples and starts machine.
* Positions flaps of folders against guides and holds length of tape across envelope flap under machine ram.
* Depresses pedal to lower ram and staple tape to flap.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that tapes edges of corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of gummed tape onto machine and threads tape through feed and moisture applicator rollers and under cutoff knife.
* Turns petcock to start flow of water to applicator tray.
* Positions and secures cutoff knife micro-switch, according to box dimensions, using handtools.
* Starts machine, folds blank along scored lines, and feeds folded blank into machine that tapes edges to form box.
* Observes machine operation to detect malfunction and inspects completed boxes to verify tape application according to specifications.
* Adjusts tape guides, water flow, or cutoff knife to correct faulty tape application.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that tapes edges of corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of gummed tape onto machine and threads tape through feed and moisture applicator rollers and under cutoff knife.
* Turns petcock to start flow of water to applicator tray.
* Positions and secures cutoff knife micro-switch, according to box dimensions, using handtools.
* Starts machine, folds blank along scored lines, and feeds folded blank into machine that tapes edges to form box.
* Observes machine operation to detect malfunction and inspects completed boxes to verify tape application according to specifications.
* Adjusts tape guides, water flow, or cutoff knife to correct faulty tape application.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that cuts, rules, punches, binds, and stacks materials to produce looseleaf filler, tablets, and wire bound notebooks. Responsibilities include:
* Assists tablet-making-machine operator to set up machine.
* Presses buttons to activate hydraulic lift that positions rolls of paper in feed position.
* Pours powdered ink and water into container and mixes ingredients with hand stirrer.
* Loads backing and cover material on inserter platforms.
* Inspects finished products to determine required machine adjustments and eliminate machine malfunctions.
* Notifies machine set-up operator, paper goods of unresolved problems.
Industry:Professional careers
