Why You’ll Love This Job
Job Summary: The Folder Operator is responsible for reading work orders to provide customers with their printing needs-from business cards, banners, folders, posters, calendars, and mailers to full, multiple component complex projects.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Duties:
- Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to:
- Understand Bindery and Folder related specifications
- Read and understand the job ticket and work order
- Understand customer quality requirements
- Understand and use proofs in checking cutting attributes
- Demonstrate the ability to: Make ready the folder including:
- Setting gates and paper paths
- Setting detectors
- Preparing the paper to infeed properly
- Achieving rapid size changeovers
- Setting folder for perforating or scoring
- Set up and troubleshoot any inconsistencies
- Demonstrate the ability to operate the folder at production speeds including:
- Loading and feeding paper
- Running folder at high speed
- Inspecting fold variation
- Running light and heavy paper weights
- Demonstrate skills in inspecting product for quality attributes including:
- Accurate trim
- Cover and text printing attributes
- Excessive marking
- Hold registers and Quality
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- High school diploma/GED with experience or vocational/technical certification.
- Minimum of 3 years as Folder Operator, with good record of accuracy in folding operations and producing quality products.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Able to apply written instructions to machine set-up and maintenance.
- Possess mathematical skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions.
- Reliable attendance, punctuality, and attention to workstation.
- Standing for prolonged periods of time – up to 8 hours or more per day.
- Frequent lifting of objects up to 50 lbs.
- Work areas may have fluorescent lighting and air conditioning.
- The noise level is usually moderate to loud.
- Fast-paced environment subject to numerous schedule and priority changes and short notice activity.
Job Requirements:
Consistently demonstrate proficiency and understanding in the use of:
- Demonstrate skill in folder preventative maintenance
- Demonstrate understanding of folder production time requirements and company standards
- Demonstrate understanding of quality limitations and capabilities of the folder
- Demonstrate proper materials in staging before, during and after operation
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Non-conforming material
- Quality control
- Possess the ability to work with management to achieve company goals including customer satisfaction and company profitability
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use of data collection system and display consistency and accuracy in meeting data collection requirements specified in the quality documentation and by management
- Demonstrate willingness to accept direction from supervisors, management, and peers to improve quality and performance
- Demonstrate willingness to work with peers and other departments to improve quality and performance.
Additional Duties: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed. You will be expected to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested by your supervisor.
Type: Full Time (Hourly)
Job ID: 136572