Printing Machine Assistants Career Details
About this Career
New workers start at around £19,684. Normal pay is £28,734 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £43,710.
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Greater London, and do not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Sets and operates presses for stamping patterns and labels on textiles, clothing, pottery, footwear and other leather goods.
- Sets and operates machines for cutting paper to specified dimensions or for folding or binding to produce finished paper items.
- Carries out routine maintenance and cleaning of printing machine.
- Starts reprographic or printing machine and monitors operation for paper misfeeds and error messages, removes blockages and replaces damaged paper, and monitors quality of output.
- Loads photocopiers, office printers, duplication machines and other reprographic equipment with stationery.
- Sets controls to control the speed, pressure and ink flow of printing machine.
- Positions printing plates, loads inks into reservoirs and loads paper rolls or sheets into printing press.
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