A professional who tends automatic machines that print identifying data on top wad used in shotgun shells. Responsibilities include:

• Fills ink reservoir.
• Selects printing rollers or die set according to work order and installs them in machine, using handtools.
• Scoops blank wads from supply trough onto grooved board and shakes board to arrange wads in grooves.
• Tilts board and slides stacks of wads from grooves into feed tubes.
• Sets feed tube in machine or fills hopper with blank wads, using scoop.
• Starts machine and examines wads for clarity of printing.
• Cleans type, using brush and solvent, or replaces worn dies to obtain clear impression.
• Weighs containers of printed wads and records amount of each type printed.
• Loads feed tubes with printed wads, using shaker board, for use in shell-loading machines.