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Collating Machine Operator

Printing Press Operators
Description
Set up and operate collating machines to assemble printed sheets, signatures, tabs, and inserts in the correct sequence. Includes booklet makers and inline finishing systems.
Knowledge
Manufacturing and Production
  • • Production and Processing
Engineering and Technology
  • • Mechanical
Skills
Content
  • • Reading Comprehension
  • • Active Listening
  • • Speaking
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Monitoring
Social Skills
  • • Coordination
Complex Problem Solving Skills
  • • Complex Problem Solving
Technical Skills
  • • Operations Monitoring
  • • Operation and Control
  • • Equipment Maintenance
  • • Troubleshooting
  • • Repairing
  • • Quality Control Analysis
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
  • • Perceptual Speed
Spatial Abilities
  • • Visualization
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
Fine Manipulative Abilities
  • • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • • Manual Dexterity
  • • Finger Dexterity
Control Movement Abilities
  • • Control Precision
  • • Multilimb Coordination
Physical Strength Abilities
  • • Static Strength
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
  • • Far Vision
  • • Visual Color Discrimination
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Interview options
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Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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