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- "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Operate or tend typesetting and composing equipment, such as phototypesetters, linotype or monotype keyboard machines, photocomposers, linocasters, and photoletterers.

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Job Tasks for: "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Monitors machines and gauges to ensure and maintain standards.

Installs printing plates, cylinders, or rollers on machine, using hand tools and gauges.

Selects printing plates, dies, or type according to work order.

Mixes colors of paint according to formulas.

Repairs or replaces worn or broken parts, using hand tools.

Cleans and lubricates equipment.

Measures and records amount of product produced.

Inspects product to detect defects.

Adjusts and changes gears, using hand tools.

Fills reservoirs with paint or ink.

Adjusts feed guides, gauges, and rollers, using hand tools.

Mounts materials to be printed onto feed mechanisms and threads materials through guides on machine.



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Knowledge Requirements for: "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Computers and Electronics -- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.


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Skill Requirements for: "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Operation Monitoring -- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.


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Ability Requirements for: "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Control Precision -- The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Manual Dexterity -- The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Arm-Hand Steadiness -- The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Wrist-Finger Speed -- The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.




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Job Activities for: "Typesetting and Composing Machine Operator and Tender"

Controlling Machines and Processes -- Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).

Handling and Moving Objects -- Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material -- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings -- Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates -- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment -- Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.


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Holland / RIASEC Career Code:  R-C-I        SOC:  51-5022.12

 

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