How do they match: Print Binding and Finishing Workers

  • Book Binder
  • Book Coverer
  • Book Cutter
  • Book Finisher
  • Book Mender
  • Book Repairer
  • Book Sewer
  • Book Sewing Machine Operator
  • Bookbinder
  • Bookbinding Machine Operator
  • Bookmaker
  • Books Binder
  • Custom Bookbinder

  • Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.

  • Bind new books, using hand tools such as bone folders, knives, hammers, or brass binding tools.
  • Form book bodies by folding and sewing printed sheets to form signatures and assembling signatures in numerical order.
  • Imprint or emboss lettering, designs, or numbers on book covers, using gold, silver, or colored foil, and stamping machines.
  • Insert book bodies in devices that form back edges of books into convex shapes and produce grooves that facilitate cover attachment.
  • Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
  • Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
  • Repair, restore, or rebind old, rare, or damaged books, using hand tools.
  • Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.