A professional who sets up and operates machine to fold corrugated paperboard box blanks and to glue, stitch (staple), or tape edges to form boxes. Responsibilities include:

• Installs feed bars and adjusts guide assembly and folding mechanism according to box blank dimensions and work order specifications, using handtools.
• Fills glue reservoir, loads automatic stapler, or threads gummed tape through applicator.
• Stacks box blanks in feed mechanism, starts machine, and observes automatic feeding and folding of box blanks and gluing, stapling, or taping of edges to detect machine malfunction.
• Inspects sample completed box to verify conformance to work order specifications and adjusts machine controls to correct variations.
• May be designated according to type of machine used as folder-gluer operator; folder-stitcher operator; folder-taper operator.