Will “Service Operator” be Automated?

Core Skills & Abilities

• Operate 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.

• Cut copies apart and write identifying information, such as page numbers or titles, on copies.

• Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.

• Clean and file master copies or plates.

• Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs.

• Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.

• Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.

• Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.

• Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.

• Deliver completed work.

• File and store completed documents.

• Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.

• Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film.

• Move heat units and clamping frames over screen beds to form Braille impressions on pages, raising frames to release individual copies.

• Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.

• Clean machines, perform minor repairs, and report major repair needs.

• Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche.

• Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items.