According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing. | 91% |
| Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required. | 91% |
| Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems. | 90% |
| Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings. | 90% |
| Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives. | 89% |
| Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications. | 88% |
| Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers. | 86% |
| Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications. | 86% |
| Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined. | 84% |
| Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed. | 83% |
| Remove jammed materials from machines and readjust components as necessary to resume normal operations. | 83% |
| Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors. | 83% |
| Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines. | 83% |
| Clean and maintain gluing and cementing machines, using solutions, lubricants, brushes, and scrapers. | 81% |
| Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts. | 77% |
| Measure and mix ingredients to prepare glue. | 60% |
| Depress pedals to lower electrodes that heat and seal edges of material. | 47% |
