Print finishing and binding workers
Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine.
Skill level: Semi-skilledCheck your pay
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Print finishing and binding workers - from $5,149 to $7,586 per month - 2026.
- A Print finishing and binding workers typically earns between $5,149 and $7,128 gross per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between $5,243 and $7,239 per month for a working week of 38 hours.
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Job Responsibilities
- Setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment
- Binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings
- Folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand
- Operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units
- Operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes
- Embellishing printed products automatically and manually
- Operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices