PAPER GOODS MACHINE SETTER, OPERATOR AND TENDER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to specifications, using hand tools.
• 2) Cut products to specified dimensions, using hand or power cutters.
• 3) Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
• 4) Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard.
• 5) Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
• 6) Load automatic stapling mechanisms.
• 7) Measure, space, and set saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications.
• 8) Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and then into gravity feed chutes, in order to prevent jamming.
• 9) Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
• 10) Place rolls of paper or cardboard on machine feedtracks, and thread paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers.
• 11) Remove finished cores, and stack or place them on conveyors for transfer to other work areas.
• 12) Start machines and move controls to regulate tension on pressure rolls, to synchronize speed of machine components, and to adjust temperatures of glue or paraffin.
• 13) Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools.
• 14) Lift tote boxes of finished cartons, and dump cartons into feed hoppers.
• 15) Stamp products with information such as dates, using hand stamps or automatic stamping devices.

Activities:

• 1) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 2) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 3) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 4) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 5) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Abilities:

• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Mechanical — Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.