Occupation information for Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

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• Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
• Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
• Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
• Cut products to specified dimensions, using hand or power cutters.
• Place rolls of paper or cardboard on machine feed tracks, and thread paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers.
• Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and into gravity feed chutes to prevent jamming.
• Adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to specifications, using hand tools.
• Start machines and move controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust temperatures of glue or paraffin.
• Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.
• Measure, space, and set saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications.

Tools:

• Cutters
• Laser printers
• Paper punching or binding machines
• Printing collators or decollators
• Thermal book binding machines

Technology:

• Customer relationship management CRM software
• Desktop publishing software
• Document management software
• Electronic mail software
• Graphics or photo imaging software

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