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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials S8.4.6 - operating wood processing and papermaking machinery Operate paper press
Description
Operate the paper shoe press, which forces the paper web between a soft rotating roller, squeezing out water that is absorbed and carried away by wet felts.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 2 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 8 (Plant and machine operators, and assemblers)
Essential for
- Paper machine operatorPaper machine operators tend a machine that takes in pulp slurry, spread it out over a screen, and drains out the water. The drained slurry is then pressed and…
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…
Related skills
- Perform machine maintenance
- Quality standards
- Tend bleacher
- Consult technical resources
- Monitor gauge
- Report defective manufacturing materials
- Monitor paper reel
- Record production data for quality control
- Troubleshoot
- Carry out work-related measurements
- Supply machine
- Operate paper drying cylinders
Last updated on February 18, 2026
