Career Details :: Plate Finishers
Description
Set up and operate equipment to trim and mount electrotype or stereotype plates.
Experience
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Education
A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Training
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Tasks
- Selects cutting position and sets controls of saws, milling machines, and routers, following specifications.
- Operates plate curving machine to cut plates to fit printing press.
- Operates press to print proof of plate, observing printing quality.
- Mounts finished plates on wood or metal blocks, using hammer and nails or thermoplastic adhesive and heat press.
- Taps plate with hammer and block to flatten until even.
- Examines plates with magnifier or microscope to detect flaws, using engraver's tools.
- Operates cutting tools to shave and smooth plates to specified thickness.
- Rubs surface with finishing material to reveal unevenness.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Performing General Physical Activities
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
Important Skills
- Product Inspection
- Operation and Control
- Equipment Selection
- Problem Identification
- Equipment Maintenance
Frequent Work Context
- Degree of Automation
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
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|---|---|
| Electronic Publishing/Imaging |  [ add ] |
| Graphic Arts Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Management | [ add ] |
| Graphic Communications Technology | [ add ] |
| Graphics Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing | [ add ] |
| Printing Management | [ add ] |
| Printing Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing/Applied Computer Science | [ add ] |
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