A professional who tends machine that stitches (staples) edges of plain and corrugated paperboard box blanks to form boxes. Responsibilities include:

• Reads production order to determine number of stitches required, turns gauge to specified setting and starts machine.
• Folds box blank by hand along scored lines or removes folded box blank from folding machine and feeds blank into machine that stitches edges.
• Inspects completed boxes for defective stitching and records quantity, style, and grade of boxes in production log.