Print Binding & Finishing Workers

What They Do

Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.

Typical Tasks

• Examine stitched, collated, bound, or unbound product samples for defects, such as imperfect bindings, ink spots, torn pages, loose pages, or loose or uncut threads.
• Read work orders to determine instructions and specifications for machine set-up.
• Install or adjust bindery machine devices, such as knives, guides, rollers, rounding forms, creasing rams, or clamps, to accommodate sheets, signatures, or books of specified sizes.
• Trim edges of books to size, using cutting machines, book trimming machines, or hand cutters.
• Stitch or glue endpapers, bindings, backings, or signatures, using sewing machines, glue machines, or glue and brushes.

Key Skills

Work Activities

• Controlling Machines and Processes
• Getting Information
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
• Handling and Moving Objects
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems