4 Quarters Consultants Limited - Our client, a Manufacturing company in Sango Ota is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Rotogravure Printing Machine Operator
Location: Ogun
Job Description
Should be able to:
- Set up or operate various types of printing machines, such as offset, letterset, intaglio, or gravure presses or screen printers to produce print on paper or other materials.
- Blend and test paint, inks, stains, and solvents according to types of material being printed and work order specifications.
- Correct misprinted materials, using materials such as ink eradicators or solvents.
- Examine job orders to determine details such as quantities to be printed, production times, stock specifications, colors, and color sequences.
- Inspect and examine printed products for print clarity, color accuracy, conformance to specifications, and external defects.
- Input instructions in order to program automated machinery, using a computer keyboard.
- Load, position, and adjust unprinted materials on holding fixtures or in equipment loading and feeding mechanisms.
- Monitor feeding, printing, and racking processes of presses in order to maintain specified operating levels and to detect malfunctions; make any necessary adjustments.
- Monitor stocks of materials such as paper, ink, and metal in order to maintain supplies during equipment operation.
- Operate equipment at slow speed to ensure proper ink coverage, alignment, and registration.
- Pack and label cartons, boxes, or bins of finished products.
- Pour or spread paint, ink, color compounds, and other materials into reservoirs, troughs, hoppers, or color holders of printing units, making measurements and adjustments to control color and viscosity.
- Reposition printing plates, adjust pressure rolls, or otherwise adjust machines to improve print quality, using knobs, handwheels, or hand tools.
- Select and install printing plates, rollers, feed guides, gauges, screens, stencils, type, dies, and cylinders in machines according to specifications, using hand tools.
- Set and adjust speed, temperature, ink flow, and positions and pressure tolerances of equipment.
- Accept orders from customers, calculate and quote prices, and receive payment.
- Attach cloth to take-up rollers, placing it in feeding position and threading it through equipment as necessary.
- Clean and lubricate printing machines and components, using oil, solvents, brushes, rags, and hoses.
- Coordinate printing activities with activities of workers who set up, clean, and feed machines.
- Direct and monitor activities of workers feeding, inspecting, and tending printing machines and materials.
- Maintain records of goods produced, supplies used, production costs, and machine maintenance and repair activities.
- Monitor and control operation of auxiliary equipment used to assemble and finish products.
- Place printed items in ovens to dry or set ink.
- Place spools of thread or wire on holders, and thread through machines.
- Position knives at specified distances from edges of plastic material in order to trim excess material from edges.
- Pour ink into pans, and smooth paint onto stencils, using flat-bladed knives.
- Prepare and treat lithographic plates with various chemicals to clean and preserve plates and fix images.
- Provide assistance in the design and layout of forms and materials to be printed.
- Repair, maintain, or adjust equipment.
- Requisition supplies, materials, and equipment, and receive stock when it arrives.
- Squeeze or spread ink on plates, pads, or rollers, using putty knives, brushes, or sponges.
- Thin printing compounds, using specified thinners.
- Apply glue or tape to holes in screens in order to repair leaks.
- Measure screens, and use measurements to center and align screens in proper positions and sequences on machines, using gauges and hand tools.
Requirements
- B.Sc, OND, HND qualification
- With at least 2 years experience.
Application Closing Date
27th May, 2019.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application Letter and CV to:
[email protected] using the "Job Title" as the subject of the mail.