Bag-Machine Operator
DOT Code: 649.685-014
Industry: paper goods
Alternate Titles: bag-making-machine operator
Tends machine that automatically measures, prints, cuts, folds, and glues, or seals plain or wax papers, polyethylene film, or cellophane to form bags: Threads materials from parent roll through guides and rollers to cutters, gluer, printer, folding device, or electric sealer. Starts machine, observes operation, and adjusts machine to ensure uniform shearing, printing, folding, gluing, or sealing of continuous roll of material into finished bags. May insert shaft into core of parent roll and secure with steel collars, using handtools, and mount roll onto machine, using hoist. May be designated according to material processed as Cellophane-Bag-Machine Operator (paper goods); Polyethylene-Bag-Machine Operator (paper goods); Waxed-Bag-Machine Operator (paper goods).
GOE: 06.04.04 STRENGTH: M GED: R2 M1 L1 SVP: 3 DLU: 77