Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.
What you’d do
- Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
- Deliver completed work.
- Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
- Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
- Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.
- Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs.
- Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.
- Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.
Skills that matter
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Judgment and Decision Making
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Copy Center Operator
- Copy Machine Operator
- Key Operator
- Machine Operator
- Copy Technician
- Graphics Production Specialist
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