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A professional who tends machine that automatically embosses frame-like margin on edge of paper card blanks to form wedding and commercial cards. Responsibilities include:
* Loads stack of cards into machine feeder and starts machine.
* Observes machine operation to detect feeding and embossing malfunction.
* Inspects completed cards by fanning stacks to detect imperfections, such as dirt spots, dents, and nicks and stacks cards into boxes according to instructions on work ticket.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically embosses frame-like margin on edge of paper card blanks to form wedding and commercial cards. Responsibilities include:
* Loads stack of cards into machine feeder and starts machine.
* Observes machine operation to detect feeding and embossing malfunction.
* Inspects completed cards by fanning stacks to detect imperfections, such as dirt spots, dents, and nicks and stacks cards into boxes according to instructions on work ticket.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that forms plain and window envelopes from paper rolls or precut blanks. Responsibilities include:
* Loads stack of blanks into rack of feed mechanism or positions roll of paper on machine rack, using hoist, and threads paper (web) through machine.
* Starts machine and observes progress of blanks and web through cutting, gluing, folding, and drying units.
* Pushes button to stop machine in case of malfunction.
* Fans handful of envelopes to inspect them for quality of folding, sealing, and glue application, and packs them in boxes.
* Counts pack of envelopes periodically to verify accuracy of mechanical counter.
* Pours glue into machine container to replenish supply.
* Wipes or washes glue from machine at end of shift.
* May adjust glue applicator and drying and pressing rolls.
* May be designated according to type of machine tended as plunger-machine operator; rotary-envelope-machine operator; side-seam-envelope-machine operator.
* May tend machine that forms envelopes used in cover of books (book pockets) and be designated book-pocket-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machines that automatically cut continuous rolls of paper into sheets of specified length, and fold and interlock them to form paper towels, toilet tissue, and napkins for dispensers or to package. Responsibilities include:
* Threads paper from parent roll through rollers and guides and tapes end to that of previous roll.
* Installs embossing rolls, and adjusts tucker, gripper, and feed rolls according to grade of paper and work order.
* Starts machine and observes operation to ensure uniform dispensing of glue, cutting, perforating, and folding of product.
* Lubricates machine and makes minor repairs, using handtools.
* May be designated according to type of machine as double-fold-machine operator; single-fold-machine operator; or according to article folded as folded-towel-machine operator; napkin-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that die-cuts paper cup handles from roll of paper stock and glues handles onto cups. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of paper on machine, using hoist.
* Fills glue reservoir and stacks cups onto machine feeding mechanism.
* Starts machine and observes machine operation to detect malfunction.
* Removes stack of finished cups from machine and places them into packing sleeves.
* Inserts full sleeves in packing carton.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that die-cuts paper cup handles from roll of paper stock and glues handles onto cups. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts roll of paper on machine, using hoist.
* Fills glue reservoir and stacks cups onto machine feeding mechanism.
* Starts machine and observes machine operation to detect malfunction.
* Removes stack of finished cups from machine and places them into packing sleeves.
* Inserts full sleeves in packing carton.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that automatically prints, strings, and knots paper tags. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts rolls of string and paper or card stock in machine.
* Starts machine and examines completed tag to detect machine malfunction.
* Stops machine to clear jams.
* Ties finished tags into bundles.
* May tend machine that automatically threads and fastens string to paper tags and be designated stringing-machine operator; or tend machine that threads and fastens wire to paper tags and be designated wiring-machine operator.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that embosses and pierces paper strips to form lace paper doilies, place mats, and similar decorative articles. Responsibilities include:
* Loads roll of paper strip on machine, using chain hoist.
* Changes dies and cutters on machine and adjusts tension and pressure on feed rolls.
* Starts machine and inspects sample run for level of embossing, arrangement of piercing, and accuracy of cutoff, and corrects faulty machining.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends machine that perforates paper laundry bags and affixes reinforcing paper eyelets. Responsibilities include:
* Threads gummed paper over die.
* Feeds bags singly into machine slot and depresses lever to lower punch that punches hole in bag and cuts out and fastens eyelet around hole.
* Inserts drawstrings through eyelets and piles finished bags on table for inspection.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who tends layboy that automatically stacks, aligns, and records count of paper sheets at discharge end of paper cutters, printing presses, and ruling and paper-making machines.
* Inspects sheets as they fall into layboy for defects, such as spots, holes, wrinkles, cockled edges, and dirt, and discards defective sheets.
* Smooths sheets by hand to eliminate air pockets.
* Stops and starts machine in emergency.
* May fan sheets or turn up corners to facilitate inspection.
* May count sheets and insert tabs to mark off reams if layboy does not have automatic counter and tabber.
* May align sheets by tapping edges by hand.
Industry:Professional careers
