Job Description:

• 1) Operates tandem print-line machine to smooth, paint, and print wood grain designs on surface of furniture, composition-wood dimensional panels, or hardboard panels: Confers with supervisor or reads production schedule to determine panels to be processed.

• 2) Selects printing cylinders according to production schedule and installs cylinders on machine, using hoist and handtools.

• 3) Gives directions to workers engaged in feeding, inspecting, and removing panels to ensure that sanding, painting, and printing of panels conforms to specifications.

• 4) Fills reservoir of printing unit with ink or stain.

• 5) Tests viscosity of paint in painting unit by timing flow of paint through porous container, using watch.

• 6) Pushes buttons to start individual units, and observes units to detect malfunctions.

• 7) Turns knobs and handles or pushes buttons to adjust sanding, painting, and printing of panel surfaces.

• 8) Occasionally assists maintenance personnel in disassembly and reassembly of individual units.

• 9) Maintains record of ink and paint used.

• 10) May blend stains to obtain color and viscosity specified by job order.

• 11) May add catalyst or solvent to paint, utilizing experience, to achieve specified viscosity of paint.