Job Description:

• 1) Tends automatic machines that print identifying data on top wad used in shotgun shells: Fills ink reservoir.

• 2) Selects printing rollers or die set according to work order and installs them in machine, using handtools.

• 3) Scoops blank wads from supply trough onto grooved board and shakes board to arrange wads in grooves.

• 4) Tilts board and slides stacks of wads from grooves into feed tubes.

• 5) Sets feed tube in machine or fills hopper with blank wads, using scoop.

• 6) Starts machine and examines wads for clarity of printing.

• 7) Cleans type, using brush and solvent, or replaces worn dies to obtain clear impression.

• 8) Weighs containers of printed wads and records amount of each type printed.

• 9) Loads feed tubes with printed wads, using shaker board, for use in shell-loading machines.