A professional who installs machinery and equipment used to emboss, die-cut, score, fold, and transfer paper or cardboard stock to form box blanks, knock-down advertising displays, and similar products. Responsibilities include:

• Confers with customer's engineering staff to determine layout of equipment, to resolve problems of machine design, and to avoid construction problems in plant.
• Arranges machine parts according to sequence of assembly and effective use of floor space.
• Directs workers in positioning equipment, following floor plans and manufacturer's instructions.
• Assembles and installs electrical and electromechanical components and systems, using handtools, electrical testing instruments, soldering irons, and wiring diagrams.
• Operates equipment through trial run to verify setup.
• Adjusts controls and setup of machine for specified type, thickness, and size of stock to be processed, for prescribed sequence of operating stages, and to ensure maximum efficiency.
• Instructs equipment operators and engineering and maintenance personnel regarding setup, operation, and maintenance of equipment.
• Repairs and services equipment, following preventive maintenance schedule or upon customer's request.
• May modify previously installed equipment to ensure compatibility with new units, or install safety devices or attachments to old equipment.
• May confer with customer's engineers to determine effective methods of programming work for machine processing.