Education:
88%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
4%
Less than a High School Diploma
Print Binding & Finishing Workers
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
High school diploma or equivalent
Salary
High:
$51,660.00
Average:
$38,850.00
Hourly
Average:
$18.68
What they do:
Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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88% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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82% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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76% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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76% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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75% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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72% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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71% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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69% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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67% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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66% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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65% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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83% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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61% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Apply protective or decorative finishes to workpieces or products.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
Cut industrial materials in preparation for fabrication or processing.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Sew clothing or other articles.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Record operational or production data.
Confer with customers or designers to determine order specifications.
Watch operating equipment to detect malfunctions.
Engrave designs, text, or other markings onto materials, workpieces, or products.
Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
Study blueprints or other instructions to determine equipment setup requirements.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Load materials into production equipment.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Operate equipment to print images or bind printed images together.
Sew clothing or other articles.
Operate sewing equipment.
Trim excess material from workpieces.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Mount attachments or tools onto production equipment.
Clean production equipment.
Lubricate production equipment.
Repair production equipment or tools.
Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
Package products for storage or shipment.
Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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93% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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93% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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89% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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83% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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82% | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls - How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? | |
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82% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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80% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? | |
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74% | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable - How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? | |
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73% | Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets - How much does this job require wearing common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hard hats or life jackets? | |
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72% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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69% | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results - What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? | |
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68% | Exposed to Contaminants - How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? | |
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68% | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment - How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? | |
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65% | Frequency of Decision Making - How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? | |
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65% | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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82% | Controlling Machines and Processes - Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles). | |
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80% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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80% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. | |
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76% | Handling and Moving Objects - Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. | |
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73% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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69% | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events - Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. | |
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68% | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials - Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. | |
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66% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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65% | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People - Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. | |
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65% | Performing General Physical Activities - Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |