Description
Various deinking processes such as flotation, bleaching, and washing. These are used to remove ink from the paper in preparation for producing new paper.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 5 occupations
- Total: 6 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Wash deinking operatorWash deinking operators operate a tank where recycled paper is mixed with water and dispersants to wash out printing inks. The solution, called a pulp slurry, is then dewatered…
Optional for
- Tissue paper perforating and rewinding operatorTissue paper perforating and rewinding operators tend a machine that takes in tissue paper, perforates it, and rolls it up to create various types of sanitary paper. Other titles…
- Paper pulp moulding operatorPaper pulp moulding operators tend a machine that moulds paper pulp in various shapes, usually for use in lightweight but sturdy packaging material, such as egg boxes. Other titles…
- Paper mill supervisorPaper mill supervisors coordinate and monitor the operations at a paper mill during production of products such as corrugated board, cardboard boxes or padded envelopes. They ensur…
- Digester operatorDigester operators, or cooks, cook wood chips with soda ash or acid to separate the wood pulp from unwanted constituents. They test the resulting solution. Other titles The followi…
- Pulp control operatorPulp control operators operate and monitor multi-function process control machinery and equipment to control the processing of wood, scrap pulp, recycable paper and other cellulose…
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Last updated on February 19, 2026