Paper embosing press operator

Paper embossing press operators use a press to raise or recess certain areas of the medium, so as to create relief on the print. Two matching engraved dies are placed around the paper and pressure is applied to change the surface of the material.

The following job titles also refer to paper embosing press operator:

paper embossing press tender
paper embossing machine tender
paper embossing/debossing machine operator
paper embossing press worker
paper embossing press technician
paper embosser
paper embosser operator
paper embossing machine operator
paper embosser specialist
paper embossing press specialist
paper embosser worker
paper embossing and debossing machine operator
paper embossing and debossing press operator
paper embosser technician
paper embossing & debossing press operator
paper paper embossing press operator
paper embossing & debossing machine operator
paper embossing/debossing press operator

No formal educational credential is generally required to work as a paper embosing press operator.

ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:

• the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
• the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
• the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.

Paper embosing press operator is a Skill level 2 occupation.

These occupations, although different, require a lot of knowledge and skills similar to paper embosing press operator.

hot foil operator
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These occupations require some skills and knowledge of paper embosing press operator. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of paper embosing press operator with a significant experience and/or extensive training.

pulp control operator
automated assembly line operator
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plastic and rubber products manufacturing supervisor
paper mill supervisor

This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of paper embosing press operator.

• Types of paper: The different criteria used to determine differences in paper types such as coarseness and thickness, and the different fabrication methods and wood types from which the types of paper stem.
• Quality standards: The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
• Types of embossing: Various kinds of embossing produce different results, alignments, and other kinds of image impressions. They can also include other press processes such as foil stamping or involve the use of heat and pressure.

These skills are necessary for the role of paper embosing press operator.

• Install embossing plates: Glue an embossing plate to a copper backing plate and install this plate into the hot plate of the machine. Cut a piece of cardboard as big as the size of the plate and place it in the bed under the plate. Impress, glue, and align the cardboard, which then leaves a design or letters by pressurizing different contact points.
• Troubleshoot: Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
• Operate electric embossing press: Use an electric embossing press, which can emboss thousands of documents one after another. They can also be adjusted to emboss from the top, side or bottom if needed.
• Perform test run: Perform tests putting a system, machine, tool or other equipment through a series of actions under actual operating conditions in order to assess its reliability and suitability to realise its tasks, and adjust settings accordingly.
• Monitor automated machines: Continuously check up on the automated machine’s set-up and execution or make regular control rounds. If necessary, record and interpret data on the operating conditions of installations and equipment in order to identify abnormalities.
• Follow safety precautions in printing: Apply safety and health principles, policies and institutional regulations of working in printing production. Protect oneself and others against such hazards as chemicals used in printing, invasive allergens, heat, and disease causing agents.
• Supply machine: Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
• Follow production schedule: Follow production schedule taking into account all requirements, times and needs. This schedule outlines what individual commodities must be produced in each time period and encapsulates various concerns like production, staffing, inventory, etc. It is usually linked to manufacturing where the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. Utilise all the information in the actual implementation of the plan.
• Set up the controller of a machine: Set up and give commands to a machine by dispatching the appropriate data and input into the (computer) controller corresponding with the desired processed product.
• Replace die: Evaluate if a replacement of the die of a machine is deemed beneficial and take the necessary actions for replacing it either manually (depending on its size, by the use of a manual lifting tackle) or mechanically.

This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of paper embosing press operator. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Engraving technologies: The characteristics of various materials and methods used to engrave something on a surface.
• Materials of die: This includes metal materials most often used for die such as magnesium, copper, and brass.

These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of paper embosing press operator. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.

• Emboss designs: Instead of raising a design (embossing) this process recesses the design, forcing the material down from the surface. It produces a different effect or appearance on the material.
• Use solvents: Clean products or surfaces by using solvents to dissolve or extract other unnecessary substances.
• Monitor gauge: Oversee the data presented by a gauge concerning the measurement of pressure, temperature, thickness of a material, and others.
• Record production data for quality control: Keep records of the machine’s faults, interventions and irregularities for quality control.
• Oversee quality control: Monitor and assure the quality of the provided goods or services by overseeing that all the factors of the production meet quality requirements. Supervise product inspection and testing.
• Wear appropriate protective gear: Wear relevant and necessary protective gear, such as protective goggles or other eye protection, hard hats, safety gloves.
• Pack goods: Pack different kinds of goods such as finished manufactured products or goods in use. Pack goods by hand in boxes, bags and other types of containers.
• Use hand pliers: Press text and simple graphic information using hand pliers, which emboss a certain seal on a surface.
• Perform machine maintenance: Perform regular maintenance, possibly including corrections and alterations, on a machine or machine tool to ensure it remains in a proper productive state.
• Clean equipment: Perform cleaning routines after equipment use.
• Consult technical resources: Read and interpret such technical resources such as digital or paper drawings and adjustment data in order to properly set up a machine or working tool, or to assemble mechanical equipment.
• Report defective manufacturing materials: Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
• Operate hoists: Operate hoists in order to lift or lower loads.
• Maintain lithographic printing plates: Produce and store plates used in lithographic offset printing by running a previously imposed and ripped file to plate or exposing and developing the plate using hand tools or machines.
• Operate manual embossing press: Set up and use the manual press to emboss paper stock or sheets in a chase (gauge pins), which is then locked in a bed of press. Create a raised or embossed image, which is then removed and stacked.
• Keep records of work progress: Maintain records of the progress of the work including time, defects, malfunctions, etc.
• Remove excess glue: Remove surplus of glue with a scraper.

7322 – Printers

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References

1. Paper embosing press operator – ESCO