Adhesive Bonding Machine Operator / Tender

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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Coater Operator; Glue Line Operator; Glue Reel Operator; Gluer Machine Operator; Gluing Pressman; Machine Operator; Perfect Bind Machine Operator; Sealer Operator; Utility Worker

Tasks

• Align and position materials being joined to ensure accurate application of adhesive or heat sealing.
• Adjust machine components according to specifications such as widths, lengths, and thickness of materials and amounts of glue, cement, or adhesive required.
• Monitor machine operations to detect malfunctions and report or resolve problems.
• 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.
• Fill machines with glue, cement, or adhesives.
• Perform test production runs and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that completed products meet standards and specifications.
• Examine and measure completed materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices such as tape measures, gauges, or calipers.
• Read work orders and communicate with coworkers to determine machine and equipment settings and adjustments and supply and product specifications.
• Remove and stack completed materials or products, and restock materials to be joined.
• Observe gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures, or the speed of feeders or conveyors.
• Maintain production records such as quantities, dimensions, and thicknesses of materials processed.
• Remove jammed materials from machines and readjust components as necessary to resume normal operations.
• Mount or load material such as paper, plastic, wood, or rubber in feeding mechanisms of cementing or gluing machines.
• Transport materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using forklifts.

Knowledge

• Production and Processing
• Mechanical
• English Language

Skills

• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension

Abilities

• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Manual Dexterity
• Static Strength
• Control Precision
• Trunk Strength
• Near Vision
• Problem Sensitivity
• Finger Dexterity
• Rate Control
• Oral Comprehension
• Perceptual Speed
• Multilimb Coordination
• Reaction Time
• Extent Flexibility
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Category Flexibility
• Visualization
• Selective Attention
• Stamina
• Inductive Reasoning
• Flexibility of Closure
• Dynamic Strength
• Depth Perception
• Auditory Attention
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity