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Print Finishing and Binding Workers

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About this career

£21,968

Median salary

New workers start around £9,592.85. Normal pay is £21,968 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £32,321.46.

Jobs

Subjects achieved a 100% pass rate, including Maths, Further Maths, Physics, English Literature and Spanish.

Daily Tasks

  • Sets up and supervises automatic binding and finishing machine..
  • Repairs worn book bindings.
  • Embosses lettering or decoration on cover by hand or machine.
  • Cuts board and cloth for book cover and spine.
  • Trims head, tail and fore-edge of book and gilds and marbles page edges as necessary.
  • Compresses sewn book in nipping machine to expel air and reduce swelling caused by sewing.
  • Folds, collates and sews printed sheets by hand or machine.

Skills

Job postings

Monitoring
68
Critical Thinking
59
Learning Strategies
57
Active Learning
57
Active Listening
52
Writing
52
Speaking
50
Mathematics
48
Reading Comprehension
44
Science
28