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"Paper Goods Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

Job Description - Part 1

Basic 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.

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Job Duties and Tasks for: "Paper Goods Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender"

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.

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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.

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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.