How do they match: Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

  • Press Operator
  • Bag Presser
  • Platen Press Operator

  • 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.
  • Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and into gravity feed chutes to prevent jamming.
  • 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.

  • Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.