Printer assistant vs offset press operator

Differences between printer assistant and offset press operator duties and responsibilities

Printer assistant example responsibilities.

• Assist in printing the unique designs on the t-shirts.
• Handle quality control, inventory, screen reclaiming, and general cleaning.
• Change printing presses, change ink colors, clean printing presses and troubleshoot printing machinery.
• Assist in all phases of the printing process including coating, burning, printing, packaging and reclaiming
• Receive orders for textbooks, brochures, commencement booklets, t-shirts for on-campus activities, package orders for shipment.
• Service bureau of customer-prepare disks to a high-resolution postscript printer and maintenance of Macintosh computers.
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Offset press operator example responsibilities.

• Manage shop, warehouse & inventories, supervise employees, schedule production, maintain and run equipment when need.
• Operate a 64"7 color, UV capable Planeta press, and a 51"7 color KBA Rapida.
• Perform all functions and duties pertaining to the operation of multi color printing presses.
• Monitor and troubleshoot problems during the head sheet run that affect press runability or quality.
• Monitor MVS mainframe system to ensure network availability and problem determination / resolution.
• Press operator on misc multicolore Heidelberg and Komori presses