Paper Good Machine Operator
- Ideal for those who love hands-on work and precision in manufacturing processes.
- Transform raw paper into essential products, impacting daily life and industries.
- Master unique machines that shape, seal, and perfect paper goods.
💰 Earn $40K-$59K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
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.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Risky (Decreasing by 5% or more)
Day-to-Day
- Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
- Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
- 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.
- Disassemble machines to maintain, repair, or replace broken or worn parts, using hand or power tools.
- Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Service Orientation
- Time Management
- Operations Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Having freedom
- Personal relationships
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Paper Good Machine Operator
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