What are the responsibilities and job description for the Screen Print Press Operator position at Marking Systems, Inc.?
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for setting up and operating a semi-automatic flatbed screen printing press according to written and/or verbal instructions, established company procedures, safety, and quality guidelines. Capable of solving printing problems, making adjustments to mechanical operation of press to keep quality, registration, color, and production speed at optimum.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES
- Receives production order and job assignments from supervisor. Reads order to verify quantity to be run, overrun tolerance, color sequence, and substrate.
- Obtains substrate, screen, ink, squeegee, and related supplies needed to produce job.
- Sets up press according to established company guidelines, safety, and job requirements.
- Prints proof sheets to check press setup, registration, ink viscosity, and color.
- Secures supervisors approval for production run.
- Prints job maintaining optimum production rate, color density, registration, and quality standard within company and customer guidelines, and makes press adjustments as required.
- Solves printing problems.
- Completes production run including overruns and production samples.
- Completes production records.
- Ensures proper cleanliness of press, workstation, and immediate press area by returning unused ink to ink room, removing trash, rags, and extra press sheets.
- Follow proper company safety protocols
- Make sure that daily activities align with and support the requirements of our company's Quality and Environment Management Systems
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.