PrePress Operator

Summary

To prepare and stage press or laminator jobs. Prepress personnel are used in any capacity needed to stage items at any machine. They may retrieve and prepare cylinders for press run and after the press run, clean the cylinders and store them. All of these functions must be performed in the safest, most effective and efficient manner while adhering to established SOP’s and quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Facilitate on the job training and instruction for team members on the correct use of tools and equipment to ensure proper safety and operating procedures are followed. - Actively participate and embrace in the STOP Safety Program fundamentals and adhere to all safety guidelines and rules to aid APC’s efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate. - Participate as a Subject Matter Expert in developing, understanding, and following Standard Operating Procedures and or training documentation. - Print and understand each job’s Job Jacket, Print Specification, and Manufacturing Specification and take to the press. - Retrieve daily production schedule that identifies which job will run, quantities, priorities, etc. Interpret and act upon information. - Detect, report, and resolve all missing or substandard machine parts. - Use an automated storage system terminal to retrieve and return cylinders and anilox to storage. - Coordinate with Mounting Dept with respect to the production schedule and the staging of jobs. - Assemble and transport print cylinders and aniloxes between printing press and prepress departments. - Place cylinders on assembly table and install the gears and journals. Install the pans, applicator pipes, end shields, splash guards and cylinders into the carriage units. - Return the units to prepress, remove the parts, clean up the cylinders, and store them back into the storage system after a job has run. - Aid on press set-ups as needed. Assist miscellaneous housekeeping and cleaning responsibilities. - Operate daily a core cutter to produce accurate size cores for each scheduled print job. - Complete required reports and paperwork. Use a computer terminal. - Perform required cleaning tasks - some daily, weekly or monthly requirements. - Obtain Power Industrial Truck license(s). - Effectively communicate with coworkers throughout all shifts. - Attend and participate in all company mandated meetings. - Business travel may be required. - Any other duties as assigned.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.