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Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders - 51-9196.00

O*NET-SOC 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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Paper Machine Operator
  • Folder Machine Operator
  • Winder Operator
  • Paper Machine Backtender
  • Stitching Machine Operator
  • Paper Cutter Operator
  • Corrugator Operator
  • Winderman
  • Gluer Machine Setup Operator
  • Knife Operator

SOC Occupation Groups

51-0000 Production Occupations
51-9000 Other Production Occupations
51-9190 Miscellaneous Production Workers
51-9196.00 Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Related Occupations

Tasks

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

Detailed Work Activities

  • adjust production equipment/machinery setup
  • examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications
  • install equipment or attachments on machinery or related structures
  • load or unload material or workpiece into machinery
  • load, unload, or stack containers, materials, or products
  • maintain consistent production quality
  • maintain or repair industrial or related equipment/machinery
  • monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems
  • move or fit heavy objects
  • operate pulp or paper making equipment
  • read specifications
  • read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts
  • set up production equipment or machinery
  • understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
  • use hand or power tools
  • use precision measuring tools or equipment

Military Crosswalk Titles

No information available.

Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Envelope-Folding-Machine Adjuster
  • Machine Set-Up Operator, Paper Goods

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Box-Folding-Machine Operator
  • Convolute-Tube Winder
  • Envelope-Folding-Machine Adjuster
  • Machine Set-Up Operator, Paper Goods
  • Spiral-Tube Winder