SUBSTITUTE PRINTER/PUBLISHER OPERATOR

Performance Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Operates electronic digitized printer/publishers and high-speed copiers to reproduce bulletins, booklets, curricular guides, forms, syllabuses, standard stock catalogs, letterheads, confidential materials, and other work.
• Cleans machines and maintains them in good working order.
• Operates a variety of equipment, such as a camera, paper master copies, drill press, cutter, collator, wrapping machine and folding machine, coil binding and padding machine, and lamination machine.
• Collates, sorts, staples, and stitches reproduced material.
• May operate offset presses.
• May assign or direct the work of students.
• May occasionally drill, pad, fold, trim, bind, wrap, and box reproduce materials.
• Prepares various substrates and materials for large format printing.
• Preps and sets up documents to print on various large format machines.

Job Requirements – Qualifications

• Completion of high school or equivalency.
• Two (2) years of work and/or training experience in electronic digitized equipment, offset presses, and related duplicating equipment.
• Department of Justice Fingerprint Clearance.
• Valid California Driver’s License.
• Insurability by the District’s liability insurance carrier.
• Tuberculosis/Drug Screen Clearance.
• Verified copy of high school diploma or equivalency.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Operation and care of electronic digitized printer/publisher, offset presses, and high-speed copiers.
• Ink and paper stock used in duplicating work.
• General bindery procedures.
• Methods of laying out work for reproduction.
• Basic arithmetic and taking measurements.
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• Technical aspects in the field of specialty.
• Modern office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Operation of computer and assigned software.
• Document set-up for proper cuts, pagination, perforation, folding, coil binder, folders, larger and small laminators.
• All substrates for larger format and all paper stocks.

Working Conditions

• Indoor print shop environment.
• Frequent lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying up to 50 pounds and occasionally lifting and carrying up to 100 pounds.
• Standing and walking for prolonged periods.
• Sight to read printed matter and computer screens and identify and distinguish colors.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate equipment.
• Talking and hearing to communicate.
• Bending, twisting, stooping, gripping, and reaching to perform job duties.
• Hazards: High noise levels, dust particles, contact with solvents and chemicals, sharp objects and tools.