A professional who tends machine that forms and glues flat blanks or continuous roll of paperboard into finished cartons for packing merchandise. Responsibilities include:

• Adjusts forming bars to accommodate size of box to be shaped, using handtools.
• Fills glue pots with adhesive and positions rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.
• Loads feeding magazine with blanks, or mounts roll of paper on machine standard and threads paper to feeding mechanism and starts machine.
• Observes machine operation to detect malfunction.
• May load machine with roll of waxed, parchment, or other paper used to line cartons.
• May mount roll of metal strip to form cutting edge on cartons.
• May stamp data with handstamp or attach automatic stamping device.