Main Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Assists Press Operator
- Insert packing sheets on plate cylinder to build up plate to printing height
- Fasten reinforcing bars to offset blankets
- Install plates and blankets on press cylinders using hand tools to achieve pressure required for printing.
- Adjust press machine parts such as feeder and delivery mechanisms suction grippers guides feed wheels and jogging devices.
- Assist in removing and replacing worn rollers and adjusting pressure between rollers of press using hand tools.
- Wash blankets and cleans ink and ink distributing rollers and ink fountains using ink solvent and cleaning mechanism on press.
- Assist Press Operator by making necessary color or register corrections and/or press adjustments prior to production run to meet and maintain the quality specifications of the job.