How do they match: Print Binding and Finishing Workers

  • Bindery Specialist
  • Casing in Line Setter

  • Prepare finished books for shipping by wrapping or packing books and stacking boxes on pallets.
  • Cut binder boards to specified dimensions, using board shears, hand cutters, or cutting machines.
  • Cut cover material to specified dimensions, fitting and gluing material to binder boards by hand or machine.
  • Design original or special bindings for limited editions or other custom binding projects.
  • 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.
  • Maintain records, such as daily production records, using specified forms.
  • Meet with clients, printers, or designers to discuss job requirements or binding plans.
  • Perform highly skilled hand finishing binding operations, such as grooving or lettering.
  • Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.

  • Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.