Career Details :: Screen Printing Machine Setters and Set-Up Operators
Description
Set up or set up and operate screen printing machines to print designs onto articles and materials, such as glass or plasticware, cloth, and paper.
Experience
Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
Education
Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
Tasks
- Examines product for paint smears, position of design, or other defects and adjusts equipment.
- Patrols printing area to monitor production activities and to detect problems, such as mechanical breakdowns or malfunctions.
- Trains workers in use of printing equipment and in quality standards.
- Sets and adjusts feed rollers, spindle reel, printing screens, and bolts to specifications.
- Determines from orders type and color of designs to print.
- Inspects printing equipment and replaces damaged or defective parts, such as switches, pulleys, fixtures, screws, and bolts.
- Counts and records quantities printed in production log.
- Mixes paints according to formula, using bench mixer.
- Reviews print order to determine settings and adjustments required to set up manually controlled or automatic screen printing machine or decorating equipment.
- Compares ink or paint prepared for printing run with master color swatch to confirm accuracy of match.
- Starts dyeing oven and sets thermostat to temperature specified for printing run.
- Adjusts position of design or screen to ensure specified color print registration.
- Measures, centers, and aligns and positions screen, using gauge and hand tools.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Controlling Machines and Processes
- Handling and Moving Objects
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, Material
- Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
- Repairing & Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Indoors
- Degree of Automation
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Using Hands on Objects, Tools, Controls
- Consequence of Error
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| 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 Production | [ add ] |
| Printing Technology | [ add ] |
| Printing/Applied Computer Science | [ add ] |
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