Print finishing and binding workers

Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine.

Skill level: Semi-skilled

Job Definition

  • Setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment
  • Binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings
  • Folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand
  • Operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units
  • Operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes
  • Embellishing printed products automatically and manually
  • Operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices
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