Print finishing and binding workers

Definition

Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine. Tasks include - (a) setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment; (b) binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings; (c) folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand; (d) operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units; (e) operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes; (f) embellishing printed products automatically and manually; (g) operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Book binder - Collator operator - Cutter operator - Foil stamp operator - Folder operator - Gatherer operator - Multibinder operator - Perfect binder operator - Saddle stitch operator - Small machine bindery worker