A professional who sets up and operates battery of machines that print graduations and numerals on steel measuring tapes. Responsibilities include:

• Wraps strip of rubber ink-blanket on impression wheel and secures strip ends in slots.
• Mounts printing dies on type-holding wheel, and turns screw clamp to tighten wrap-around wires.
• Mounts wheel on machine, using electric hoist.
• Lifts reel of steel tape onto machine spindle and threads tape through machine.
• Starts machine and observes printing process.
• Examines tape rule for defects in printing and compares it with master rule to verify its length and accuracy of graduations.
• Adjusts cams, using handtools, to print tapes of various lengths.
• Stops machine and notifies supervisor of printing defects.