Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.
Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.
Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
Remove jammed materials from machines and readjust components as necessary to resume normal operations.
Start machines, and turn valves or move controls to feed, admit, apply, or transfer materials and adhesives, and to adjust temperature, pressure, and time settings.
Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts.
Adjust equipment controls to regulate flow of production materials or products.
Load materials into production equipment.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Move products, materials, or equipment between work areas.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
