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Print Feeders

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals feed sheet-fed offset presses and rotary paper presses. They prepare raw materials and assist colleagues in their work.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Equipment, machinery, tools

Main tasks

  • Carry out feeding operations of a press during its start-up, its setting in motion, and the print run.
  • Contribute to the resolution of compliance and operation problems of a press.
  • Participate in the maintenance and repair of a press.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience leads to senior positions.

Training and requirements

Formation

No specific training

WAP

This occupation is targeted by a Workplace Apprenticeship Program

  • Printing feeder

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Monitoring operations
  • Result evaluation

Abilities

  • Hand-arm stability
  • Control accuracy
  • Speed control
  • Reaction time
  • Verbal skills
  • Near vision
  • Oral comprehension
  • Manual dexterity
  • Static muscle power
  • Information organization
  • Awareness of issues
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Capacity to work under pressure
  • Sense of responsibility
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Knowledge of production and treatment
  • Sense of initiative
  • Respect standards and regulations
  • Assiduity and punctuality
  • Commitment to quality
  • Tolerance to routine work
  • Timeliness

Interests

  • Work manually
  • Exercer une activité sportive ou physique

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Additional information

Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)

Other labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities  (CNP 95109)

Skill type

Manufacturing and utilities

Related occupations

  • Printing press operators

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi

Last update: January 29, 2026

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