ISCO Unit Group 7323 Print Finishing And Binding Workers

From Open Risk Manual

Definition

Print Finishing And Binding Workers: Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine.

Tasks include -

(a) setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment;

(b) binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings;

(c) folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand;

(d) operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units;

(e) operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes;

(f) embellishing printed products automatically and manually;

(g) operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices.

Examples of the occupations classified here:

- Book binder

- Collator operator

- Cutter operator

- Foil stamp operator

- Folder operator

- Gatherer operator

- Multibinder operator

- Perfect binder operator

- Saddle stitch operator

- Small machine bindery worker


Occupations

Occupation Title
C7323.4 ISCO Occupation Group 7323.4 Print Folding Operator
C7323.3 ISCO Occupation Group 7323.3 Book Restorer
C7323.2 ISCO Occupation Group 7323.2 Book Sewing Machine Operator
C7323.1 ISCO Occupation Group 7323.1 Bindery Operator

Higher Level