A professional who operates machines to coat paper or cardboard container blanks with wax or paraffin. Respnsibilities include:

• Mounts paper roll on machine feedrack by hand or using chain hoist, or loads blanks on stacking mechanism.
• Fills tank with wax chunks or paraffin blocks, and turns valves to regulate temperature and melt material.
• Starts machine and adjusts controls to regulate machine feed, temperature of wax, paraffin, cooling rolls, or cold water bath, and tension of paper feed or stacking mechanism.
• Weighs standard-size paper sheets before and after coating and calculates weight of wax, or measures thickness of coated blanks with automatic micrometer, to verify that coating meets specifications.
• Examines blanks for uneven paraffin distribution, bubbles, spots, or other imperfections.
• May be designated according to type of product coated as Carton-Waxing-Machine Operator (paper goods).