Print Press Helper - 1st Shift

Continental Print•Sparta Township, MI

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for assisting with printing press operations, ensuring the correct materials are used, and performing adjustments to maintain print quality. The helper will operate and maintain the press, examine proofs for defects, and mix inks as needed.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
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 in groups of customers or employees of organization.
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.
Knowledge of Pace Manufacturing software.
Regularly required to stand.
Frequently required to walk; use hands to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.

Responsibilities

Verifies size, color, and type of paper and color of ink from job order.
Cleans inking rollers with solvent and replaces them in press.
Adjusts controls to regulate volume of ink.
Adjusts delivery tapes, and positions and locks form (type setup or plate) on bed or cylinder of press.
Adjusts feed guides, grippers, and elevator, or hand-feeding press.
Starts press and runs off proof sheet.
Examines proof to determine off-level areas, variation in ink volume, register slippage, indications of offsetting, and color register.
Adjusts press controls, inking fountains, and automatic feeders, and repacks cylinder with overlay to equalize off-level.
Registers forms and mixes colors.
Makes overlay for half-tone shades.