A professional who sets up, adjusts, and operates machine to staple cleats and boards together to assemble box sections. Responsibilities include:

• Adds or removes links from chain-feed belt, spaces stops on belt, and spaces stapling heads, according to dimensions of box, using wrench.
• Mounts spools of wire on machine, threads ends through stapling heads, and starts machine.
• Directs workers engaged in feeding cleats and boards to machine and removing finished product.
• May make wirebound box sections, threading binding wire through guides so that staples fasten binding wire to box, and be designated wire-bound-box-machine operator.