- Industry: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who tends photolettering machine that photographically prints display type and headings onto film or photographic paper. Responsibilities include:
* Secures roll of film or paper in machine magazine.
* Inserts specified film fonts in machine reel.
* Turns reel to specified selector mark to position letters to be printed and moves lever to expose specified letter on film or paper.
* Pushes cutter button to separate finished proofs from roll of film or paper.
* Removes finished copy from magazine for development.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who feeds cloth printing machine, off bears drying unit of cloth printing machine, or changes printing machine parts to assist workers engaged in roller printing of cloth, according to one of following methods. Responsibilities include:
* (1) Stops scray feed roller when feed roll of cloth is exhausted.
* Inserts metal rod through new roll of cloth, rolls cloth from dolly into brackets at feed end of printing machine, and clamps rod into brackets.
* Sews end of cloth from new roll to end of cloth in machine, using portable sewing machine.
* Restarts scray feed roller.
* (2) Stops printing machine dryer and ravels seam to separate full takeup cloth roll from cloth in machine.
* Tucks cloth corners into roll to prevent unwinding.
* Reads automatic counter and records yardage on production ticket.
* Mounts empty takeup rod on machine, wraps end of cloth around rod, and restarts machine.
* (3) Assists back tender, cloth printing; greige-cloth tender, printing; or printing-roller handler in removing and replacing color boxes, doctors, printing rollers, sieve cloths, and gears during color or style changeover, using handtools.
* Washes printing paste from parts, using water hose, solvent, and rags.
* (4) Pushes handtrucks loaded with rolls of cloth, printing paste, or machine parts to move materials between work stations.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates battery of machines that print graduations and numerals on steel measuring tapes. Responsibilities include:
* Wraps strip of rubber ink-blanket on impression wheel and secures strip ends in slots.
* Mounts printing dies on type-holding wheel, and turns screw clamp to tighten wrap-around wires.
* Mounts wheel on machine, using electric hoist.
* Lifts reel of steel tape onto machine spindle and threads tape through machine.
* Starts machine and observes printing process.
* Examines tape rule for defects in printing and compares it with master rule to verify its length and accuracy of graduations.
* Adjusts cams, using handtools, to print tapes of various lengths.
* Stops machine and notifies supervisor of printing defects.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to print colored patterns on wallpaper. Responsibilities include:
* Seats and locks print rollers for designated pattern in specified brackets on machine, using wrench: threads wallpaper through machine.
* Turns adjustment screws on drive gears to position print rollers.
* Adjusts scraper bar and tension on sieve cloths with handtool to control quantity and distribution of color solution on wallpaper.
* Starts machine and observes printed wallpaper for defects, such as color splashes, smears, and misalignment of printed designs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to print colored patterns on wallpaper. Responsibilities include:
* Seats and locks print rollers for designated pattern in specified brackets on machine, using wrench: threads wallpaper through machine.
* Turns adjustment screws on drive gears to position print rollers.
* Adjusts scraper bar and tension on sieve cloths with handtool to control quantity and distribution of color solution on wallpaper.
* Starts machine and observes printed wallpaper for defects, such as color splashes, smears, and misalignment of printed designs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates tandem print-line machine to smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on surface of furniture, composition-wood dimensional panels, or hardboard panels. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with supervisor or reads production schedule to determine panels to be processed.
* Selects printing cylinders according to production schedule and installs cylinders on machine, using hoist and handtools.
* Gives directions to workers engaged in feeding, inspecting, and removing panels to ensure that sanding, painting, and printing of panels conforms to specifications.
* Fills reservoir of printing unit with ink or stain.
* Tests viscosity of paint in painting unit by timing flow of paint through porous container, using watch.
* Pushes buttons to start individual units, and observes units to detect malfunctions.
* Turns knobs and handles or pushes buttons to adjust sanding, painting, and printing of panel surfaces.
* Occasionally assists maintenance personnel in disassembly and reassembly of individual units.
* Maintains record of ink and paint used.
* May blend stains to obtain color and viscosity specified by job order.
* May add catalyst or solvent to paint, utilizing experience, to achieve specified viscosity of paint.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends series of color-depositing machines that deposit and brush color mix through stencils to produce patterns on hard-surface floor covering. Responsibilities include:
* Observes machines to ensure required laying-on, brushing, and scraping operations in each unit.
* Signals other worker to stop machines, and adjusts and oils blades, scrapers, and brushes in malfunctioning unit, using handtools and oilcan.
* Removes mix adhering to plate and cleans out clogged stencils, using brush and scraper.
* Installs and adjusts stencils for pattern changes.
* Signals workers to dump colors into machine, according to pattern formula sheet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends series of color-depositing machines that deposit and brush color mix through stencils to produce patterns on hard-surface floor covering. Responsibilities include:
* Observes machines to ensure required laying-on, brushing, and scraping operations in each unit.
* Signals other worker to stop machines, and adjusts and oils blades, scrapers, and brushes in malfunctioning unit, using handtools and oilcan.
* Removes mix adhering to plate and cleans out clogged stencils, using brush and scraper.
* Installs and adjusts stencils for pattern changes.
* Signals workers to dump colors into machine, according to pattern formula sheet.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to print trademarks, designs, or identifying data on containers such as cardboard or wooden boxes, performing any combination of following duties. Responsibilities include:
* Selects printing plate or type slug, or sets type, according to oral instructions or written job order.
* Fastens type or printing plate in holding mechanism of machine, using handtools.
* Fills fountains with ink of required color or colors and adjusts rate of flow of ink with finger screws, or squeezes or spreads ink paste on ink plate or rollers, using ink knife (spatula).
* Turns setscrews to adjust spacing guides.
* Feeds or stacks boxes or container pieces in feed hopper of automatic printing machine and removes them from discharge hopper after printing.
* Places box ends on holding plate and depresses pedal that lowers printing plate onto box end.
* Scans containers to verify accuracy and clarity of printing.
* Observes edges of wooden box parts for imperfections, such as split, ragged, or uneven edges, and sets them aside.
* Removes and cleans type or plate, and ink rollers, using handtools, solvent, and rags.
* May distribute containers to packaging stations or place containers in storage areas.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates press to print embossed display signs. Responsibilities include:
* Selects type dies and arranges them on bed of press.
* Places gummed paper on type, gummed side up, and positions cardboard sign stock on paper.
* Pulls lever to close press and stamp gummed paper letters into cardboard.
* Removes sign from press, discards scrap, and touches letters with flatiron to make gummed paper adhere to cardboard.
* Trims finished sign on papercutter.
Industry:Professional careers
