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Career: Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Job 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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems. |
69
|
Adjust guide assemblies, forming bars, and folding mechanisms according to specifications, using hand tools. |
67
|
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. |
65
|
Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting. |
65
|
Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension. |
64
|
Measure, space, and set saw blades, cutters, and perforators, according to product specifications. |
63
|
Place rolls of paper or cardboard on machine feedtracks, and thread paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers. |
63
|
Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools. |
59
|
Cut products to specified dimensions, using hand or power cutters. |
45
|
Lift tote boxes of finished cartons, and dump cartons into feed hoppers. |
44
|
Remove finished cores, and stack or place them on conveyors for transfer to other work areas. |
42
|
Stamp products with information such as dates, using hand stamps or automatic stamping devices. |
29
|
Fill glue and paraffin reservoirs, and position rollers to dispense glue onto paperboard. |
26
|
Monitor finished cartons as they drop from forming machines into rotating hoppers and then into gravity feed chutes, in order to prevent jamming. |
24
|
Load automatic stapling mechanisms. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
84
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
75
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
67
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
58
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
57
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
57
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
56
|
Processing Information
|
56
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
55
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
54
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
54
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
53
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
52
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
51
|
Getting Information
|
51
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
50
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
48
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
47
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
47
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
46
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
44
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
44
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
44
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
42
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
41
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
41
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
41
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
39
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
37
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
36
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
35
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
33
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
33
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
30
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
29
|
Thinking Creatively
|
28
|
Interacting With Computers
|
24
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
17
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
12
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
11
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
3
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|