Press Op Trainee NW- 1st Shift

## Summary & Responsibilities
**Job Summary:** The Printing Press Operator Trainee’s primary role is to effectively support the
processes in the wide-web/narrow-web department to ensure that our product meets or exceeds our
customer requirements. The trainee must possess the mechanical aptitude to set up and maintain
operation of their designated machine.
**Essential Duties & Responsibilities:**
**Production & Press Operation:**

• Be at workstation within 3 minutes of reporting time
• Perform basic visual checks for print defects
• Monitor ink levels
• Assist with splicing at unwind
• Stay busy when press is down

**Job Prep & Wrap-Up:**

• Review work orders and confirm job details (substrate, materials, plates, inks, etc…)
• Stage substrate, sleeves, anilox rolls, printing plates, inks, etc…
• Prepare cores and tape for splicing and tools
• Fill ink chambers, install/load ink pans & doctor blades
• Assist with installing anilox rolls, sleeves, and plate cylinders
• Examine plate quality to only accept plates suitable to print the job
• Stage next job’s materials
• Clean up and any other procedures related to the completion of jobs

**Safety & Compliance:**

• Adhere to all required safety practices, including use of PPE, lockout/tagout, and machine guarding procedures
• Ensure compliance with facility food safety (GMP), product safety, and quality standards
• Performs job in manner that protects the health and safety of all employees
• Check press area for cleanliness and remove hazards
• Keep press area clean

**Communication & Collaboration:**

• Communicate issues to lead operator
• Properly make computer entries
• Record readings (speed, scrap counts, basic QC checks) as instructed
• Follow chain of command from supervisor to department manager to plant manager, etc…

## Qualifications & Essential Functions
**Qualifications:**

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous manufacturing or mechanical experience
• Ability to distinguish between subtle color variations (Not colorblind)
• Ability to lift 50-75 lbs. without the assistance of a hoist or mechanical device
• Ability to stand for long periods of time, bend, stoop, and climb
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, physically active environment
• Strong mechanical aptitude and ability to work with complex press equipment
• Basic math skills and ability to read rulers, tape measures, micrometers, and gauges
• Basic reading skills necessary to properly understand production orders, reports, warning signs, etc…
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail under production demands

**Essential Physical & Cognitive Functions:**

• Must be able to distinguish subtle shades of colors accurately in order to match samples and color designations in orders
• Must have eyesight whether correct or not, which allows pressman to distinguish hairlines, registration, mounting accuracy and ink lay-down to print suitable quality
• Must be able to lift 50 – 75-pound air shafts without the assistance of a hoist and must be able to manipulate 100 – 300 pounds with the assistance of mechanical devices
• Must be agile (bending, stooping, squatting, climbing, etc.) in order to climb up on press, move cylinders, adjust equipment and avoid dangerous moving machinery
• Must have a good sense of smell to distinguish odors from materials and smell smoke in case of fire
• Must have good hearing to follow directions and coordinate procedures with fellow employees and to hear warning signals
• Reflexes must be in excellent condition for quick response time on moving machinery to avoid serious injury to his/her or other employee’s limbs or other life-threatening injuries
• Must be completely alert at all times to operate machinery in a proper manner
• Must be able to read a ruler and have other general math skills to measure roll diameters, roll widths, package sizes, etc…
• Must have directionality to distinguish right and left sides of machinery and to follow operating instructions from other employees and from written instructions
• Must be able to comprehend and follow detailed instructions without constant supervision
• Must be able to communicate operating problems to supervisor
• Must have spatial skills, which can be applied to judge dimensions necessary for operation of machinery
• Must have mechanical ability to learn how the press operates including anilox rollers, cylinders, tension controls, safety mechanisms, etc…
• Must be able to carry out press procedures in an initial sequence and repeat that procedure on future orders in a similar manner or with alterations
• Must be able to record information electronically as required by accounting
• Must have maturity and disposition to always operate press safely
• Must understand and be able to implement safety emergency procedures and follow all standard safety procedures
• Must be able to interact with and follow instructions from quality control or management to maintain specified quality standards
• Must be able to do meticulous work under production demand