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Occupation

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.

$40,960 medianBelow-avg outlookHigh school

O*NET 31.0 · 43-9071.00

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

  1. 01Move heat units and clamping frames over screen beds to form Braille impressions on pages, raising frames to release individual copies.
  2. 02Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.
  3. 03Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.
  4. 04Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.
  5. 05File and store completed documents.
  6. 06Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.
  7. 07Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items.
  8. 08Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche.
  9. 09Clean and file master copies or plates.
  10. 10Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film.
  11. 11Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
  12. 12Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.

Task statements ranked by how many workers report them · O*NET 31.0

What the posting will be called

Copy Center OperatorCopy Machine OperatorKey OperatorMachine OperatorCopy TechnicianGraphics Production SpecialistPrinting Services CoordinatorReprographics Technician

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Knowledge the job leans on

English LanguageCustomer and Personal ServiceProduction and ProcessingComputers and ElectronicsMathematicsAdministrativeCommunications and MediaMechanical

Skills that carry over from service

Operation and ControlOperations MonitoringTime ManagementJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingSocial PerceptivenessService OrientationCoordination