Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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.
What you’d do
- Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
- Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
- 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.
- Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools.
Skills that matter
- Operations Monitoring
- Operation and Control
- Quality Control Analysis
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Cup Room Technician
- Folder Machine Operator
- Paper Machine Backtender
- Paper Machine Operator
- Corrugator Operator
- Gluer Operator
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