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A professional who this group includes occupations concerned with gathering, folding, sewing, and stapling signatures to form magazines, pamphlets, or books, affixing covers to sewn signatures, compressing books to size, stiffening backs of book bodies with glue, forming joints of book covers and bodies, reinforcing backs of books with fabric strips, gluing cover boards to end sheets, and drying books.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in assembling, forming, finishing, covering, and ruling products such as books, pamphlets, periodicals, notebooks, looseleaf binders, tablets, and other printed and published products manually and by machine. Responsibilities include:
* Oversees binding or rebinding operations to verify conformance with plant standards.
* Performs duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May only supervise workers engaged in forming operations, such as folding, cutting, gathering, stitching (stapling), and sewing printed sheets, and be designated assembly room supervisor.
* May only supervise workers engaged in assembling, finishing, and binding sets, folders, and loose leaf binders and be designated finishing/binding supervisor.
* May only supervise workers engaged in setting up and operating machines that draw lines, cut rounded corners, and drill holes in paper products and be designated ruling supervisor.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up, according to job order specifications, machines that automatically perform in sequence such operations as rounding and backing, supering (applying strip of reinforcing material to back of book) and lining, casing-in, and pressing to convert gathered signatures (pages) into finished book. Responsibilities include:
* Mounts rolls of cloth and paper lining and headbands on machine spindles.
* Fills glue pot and adjusts flow of glue.
* Installs and adjusts feed guides, holding clamps, rollers, rounding forms, creasing ram, and other machine parts to accommodate specified size books, using measuring instruments and handtools.
* Sets thermostatic control and pressure gauge according to thickness of book and amount of pressure to be applied.
* Turns screws to adjust cutting mechanism to cut linings and headbands to book size.
* Starts machine to process sample book and verify accuracy of machine setup.
* Makes adjustments as necessary during production run.
* May direct activities or perform duties of casing-in-line feeder.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up machine or machines that automatically perform one or more bindery operations, such as folding, cutting, gathering, stitching or gluing, following blueprint or job specifications, and using measuring instruments and handtools. Responsibilities include:
* Installs and adjusts machine knives, side guiders, feed guides, holding clamps, pockets, rollers, specified jogging tray at discharge end of machines, and other machine parts to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified size.
* Turns dials to required graduations to set grippers and gripper feelers according to thickness of signatures or flat sheets being gathered.
* Secures reel of stitching wire on spindle of stitching heads and threads wire through feeding, cutting, stitch forming, and driving mechanisms.
* Positions and clamps stitching heads on crossarm to space stitches as specified.
* Turns thumbscrews and handwheels to adjust length of stitches and tension on creasing blades and folding rollers according to thickness of pages to be stitched or sheet size and number of folds specified.
* Adjusts cams and other mechanisms to synchronize speed of automatic feeding devices and stitching.
* Fills glue pot and adjusts flow of glue and speed of conveyors.
* Starts machines and makes trial runs to verify accuracy of machine setup.
* Observes operation to detect machine malfunctions and makes adjustments as required.
* May maintain machinery in operating condition.
* May train workers to set up, operate, and use automatic bindery machines.
* May oversee work of bindery-machine feeder-offbearer.
* May be classified according to name of machine as folding-machine setter; gathering-machine setter; perfect-binder setter; stitching-machine setter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up machine or machines that automatically perform one or more bindery operations, such as folding, cutting, gathering, stitching or gluing, following blueprint or job specifications, and using measuring instruments and handtools. Responsibilities include:
* Installs and adjusts machine knives, side guiders, feed guides, holding clamps, pockets, rollers, specified jogging tray at discharge end of machines, and other machine parts to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified size.
* Turns dials to required graduations to set grippers and gripper feelers according to thickness of signatures or flat sheets being gathered.
* Secures reel of stitching wire on spindle of stitching heads and threads wire through feeding, cutting, stitch forming, and driving mechanisms.
* Positions and clamps stitching heads on crossarm to space stitches as specified.
* Turns thumbscrews and handwheels to adjust length of stitches and tension on creasing blades and folding rollers according to thickness of pages to be stitched or sheet size and number of folds specified.
* Adjusts cams and other mechanisms to synchronize speed of automatic feeding devices and stitching.
* Fills glue pot and adjusts flow of glue and speed of conveyors.
* Starts machines and makes trial runs to verify accuracy of machine setup.
* Observes operation to detect machine malfunctions and makes adjustments as required.
* May maintain machinery in operating condition.
* May train workers to set up, operate, and use automatic bindery machines.
* May oversee work of bindery-machine feeder-offbearer.
* May be classified according to name of machine as folding-machine setter; gathering-machine setter; perfect-binder setter; stitching-machine setter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates collating machine to perform functions such as assembling and perforating, stapling, gluing, folding, or cutting sheets of paper, forms, or signatures in specified sequence to form sets, following job specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Turns screws to adjust pockets and guides to accommodate sheets of paper to be collated.
* Turns dials to required graduations to set grippers and gripper feelers according to thickness of single sheets or signatures being collated, using measuring instruments.
* Turns knobs, using handtools, to set or adjust air blowers or air suction devices to required position and force to facilitate pickup of individual sheets.
* Sets indexing control to numbered position corresponding to number of sheets to be assembled or sets automatic counter at discharge end of machine.
* Turns screws to adjust speed of conveyor belt, using handtools, and installs specified jogging tray at discharge end of machine.
* Threads wire into machine to load stitcher head when sets are to be stapled.
* Fills glue reservoir and adjusts flow of glue when top edges of sets are to be glued.
* Flexes and jogs stacks of sheets to ensure sheets are in specified order and to align edges of sheets.
* Feeds sheets into machine in reverse order (last sheet first) or places stacks of sheets in specified machine pockets.
* Replenishes pockets with sheets of paper or signatures throughout production run.
* Starts machine to verify accuracy of machine setup, following sample, and observes operation of machine throughout production run.
* Stops, resets, and restarts machine when malfunctions occur.
* Removes collated products from machine or conveyor belt and stacks products on skid or pallet.
* Records time spent on specific tasks or number of sets or book bodies collated on daily production sheet.
* Performs routine maintenance to ensure machine is in working order.
* May place rolls of paper and carbon paper onto feed spindle of roll-fed machine, using chain hoist.
* May punch holes in completed sets, using drill punch.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates collating machine to perform functions such as assembling and perforating, stapling, gluing, folding, or cutting sheets of paper, forms, or signatures in specified sequence to form sets, following job specifications. Responsibilities include:
* Turns screws to adjust pockets and guides to accommodate sheets of paper to be collated.
* Turns dials to required graduations to set grippers and gripper feelers according to thickness of single sheets or signatures being collated, using measuring instruments.
* Turns knobs, using handtools, to set or adjust air blowers or air suction devices to required position and force to facilitate pickup of individual sheets.
* Sets indexing control to numbered position corresponding to number of sheets to be assembled or sets automatic counter at discharge end of machine.
* Turns screws to adjust speed of conveyor belt, using handtools, and installs specified jogging tray at discharge end of machine.
* Threads wire into machine to load stitcher head when sets are to be stapled.
* Fills glue reservoir and adjusts flow of glue when top edges of sets are to be glued.
* Flexes and jogs stacks of sheets to ensure sheets are in specified order and to align edges of sheets.
* Feeds sheets into machine in reverse order (last sheet first) or places stacks of sheets in specified machine pockets.
* Replenishes pockets with sheets of paper or signatures throughout production run.
* Starts machine to verify accuracy of machine setup, following sample, and observes operation of machine throughout production run.
* Stops, resets, and restarts machine when malfunctions occur.
* Removes collated products from machine or conveyor belt and stacks products on skid or pallet.
* Records time spent on specific tasks or number of sets or book bodies collated on daily production sheet.
* Performs routine maintenance to ensure machine is in working order.
* May place rolls of paper and carbon paper onto feed spindle of roll-fed machine, using chain hoist.
* May punch holes in completed sets, using drill punch.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to automatically gather, stitch, and trim folded signatures or flat sheets of paper to form paperbound books, magazines, pamphlets, catalogs, or booklets. Responsibilities include:
* Examines work order to determine work instructions.
* Adjusts feeder pockets to size of folded signatures or flat sheets.
* Adjusts air pressure pump to separate sheets.
* Sets stitchers for specified length and thickness of stitch and threads stitching wire into machine.
* Sets trimmer knives to trim three sides of publication to specified size.
* Starts machine and makes trial run.
* Readjusts machine setup if necessary, and regulates machine speed.
* Takes periodic readings of counter and records number of publications produced or examines samples periodically for defects and records number as indicated on counter to determine when problem occurred.
* Gives directions to crewmembers engaged in feeding and off bearing activities.
* May feed and off bear machine.
* May oil, grease, and clean machine parts and make minor repairs to keep machine in working condition.
* May be designated according to type of stitching machine operated as saddle-stitching-machine operator.
* May set up and operate machine to apply glue to backs of books prior to trimming and be designated side-stitching-machine operator.
* May set up and operate related stitching machines.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who inspects magazines, periodicals, catalogs, pamphlets, and rebound books for defects, such as loose, torn, or wrinkled pages, missing staples, incorrect bindings, incorrect book cases, and warped laminated paperback covers. Responsibilities include:
* Selects copies of publications from machine or table and examines covers and copies for defects, such as ragged edges, torn or wrinkled pages, incomplete cuts, incorrect bindings, incorrect casing material and color, author(s), titles, call numbers, dirt and glue on covers, and bubbles in laminated covers.
* Fans pages to detect defects, such as errors in numbering, duplicate pages, color variation and inaccurate registration, ink smears, cut print, missing inserts, and dirty and wrinkled end papers.
* Notifies operating personnel of defects.
* Locates and removes defective copies from conveyor, stacking table, or pallets, and disposes of defective publications according to instructions from supervisory personnel.
* May clean covers and repair defective books, using cloth, cleaning solvent, and variety of handtools and bindery machines.
* May examine finished books and compare information on worksheet with work performed on books for accuracy and completeness.
* May stack books on conveyor or table for shipping.
* May operate machine to print shipping labels for boxes.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sets up and operates machine to sew gathered and collated signatures (pages) into book form for binding. Responsibilities include:
* Pulls thread through lubrication box, thread guides, and needle to thread machine, and soaks bobbins of thread in water to lubricate thread.
* Places book under needle, sets presser foot to thickness of book, and turns setscrews to adjust length of stitch.
* Pushes book under presser foot with back against guide, depresses pedal to activate needle, and sews through length of book.
* Feeds and sews books in succession until delivery trough is full.
* Stops machine, cuts threads connecting books, and stacks separated books.
* May stitch endpapers to top and bottom of signatures.
* May operate machine equipped with multiple needles.
* May be known by type of book stitched and be designated blankbook-stitching-machine operator ii.
* May specialize in stitching trimmed or shaved spine of books for rebinding.
Industry:Professional careers
