A professional who sets up and operates machine to print, cut, and punch holes in paperboard to form paper tags and labels. Responsibilities include:

• Reads work order to determine type of setup required.
• Mounts paperboard roll on machine, using jack, and installs and adjusts specified printing plates onto machine bed, using allen wrench and rule.
• Mounts roll of reinforcing paperboard onto machine, threads end through stamping section and fills machine hopper with metal reinforcing grommets.
• Spreads specified color ink onto printing plate, using hand scraper, and fills ink reservoir.
• Adjusts angle of cutting blade, using allen wrench, and turns valves to adjust timing of cutting blades and punch to specifications.
• Starts machine and observes machine operation to detect malfunction and inspects completed tags or labels to verify compliance with work order specifications.
• Removes completed tags or labels from discharge end of machine, stacks specified number of tags into boxes, and stacks boxes on skid.
• Records production information, such as quantity and type of tags or labels produced on work ticket.