description
Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.
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details
Currently Employed:
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Projected Annual Job Openings:
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Typical Hourly Wage:
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Typical Annual Salary:
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typical training
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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typical job duties
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Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
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Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
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Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
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Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
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Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.
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Insert book bodies in devices that form back edges of books into convex shapes and produce grooves that facilitate cover attachment.
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Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions or to determine whether adjustments are needed.
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Lubricate, clean, or make minor repairs to machine parts to keep machines in working condition.
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Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
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Set up or operate bindery machines, such as coil binders, thermal or tape binders, plastic comb binders, or specialty binders.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Book creasing machines
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Book folding machines
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Book stitching machines
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Printing assemblers
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Thermal book binding machines
Technology:
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Accounting software
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Desktop publishing software
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Electronic mail software
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Enterprise resource planning ERP software
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Internet browser software
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