A professional who operates tandem print-line machine to smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on surface of furniture, composition-wood dimensional panels, or hardboard panels. Responsibilities include:

• Confers with supervisor or reads production schedule to determine panels to be processed.
• Selects printing cylinders according to production schedule and installs cylinders on machine, using hoist and handtools.
• Gives directions to workers engaged in feeding, inspecting, and removing panels to ensure that sanding, painting, and printing of panels conforms to specifications.
• Fills reservoir of printing unit with ink or stain.
• Tests viscosity of paint in painting unit by timing flow of paint through porous container, using watch.
• Pushes buttons to start individual units, and observes units to detect malfunctions.
• Turns knobs and handles or pushes buttons to adjust sanding, painting, and printing of panel surfaces.
• Occasionally assists maintenance personnel in disassembly and reassembly of individual units.
• Maintains record of ink and paint used.
• May blend stains to obtain color and viscosity specified by job order.
• May add catalyst or solvent to paint, utilizing experience, to achieve specified viscosity of paint.