Occupational Employment Statistics
51-5112 Printing Press Operators
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
Central Minnesota
| 450 | 41 | $21.34/hr | $15.49/hr | $15.52/hr | $19.45/hr | $24.61/hr | $30.74/hr |
Manufacturing | 4,510 | $23.41/hr |
Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 210 | $15.36/hr |
Information | 320 | $24.57/hr |
Financial Activities | 10 | $20.41/hr |
Professional and Business Services | 1,120 | $18.85/hr |
Education and Health Services | 50 | $31.09/hr |
Other Services | N/A | N/A |
Public Administration | 10 | $26.63/hr |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,700 | $24.48/hr | -1.6% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 1,950 | $24.34/hr | -8.6% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 1,790 | $19.54/hr | -3.8% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 150 | $25.05/hr | -14.3% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
| 4,170 | $19.54/hr | -2.3% |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
| N/A | $19.21/hr | N/A |
Semiconductor Processing Technicians
| 290 | $19.58/hr | N/A |
Print Binding and Finishing Workers
| 1,620 | $19.89/hr | -17.1% |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
| 210 | $23.78/hr | -0.9% |
- Monitor environmental factors, such as humidity and temperature, that may impact equipment performance and make necessary adjustments.
- Collect and inspect random samples during print runs to identify any necessary adjustments.
- Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.
- Download or scan files to be printed, using printing production software.
- Clean ink fountains, plates, or printing unit cylinders when press runs are completed.
- Monitor automated press operation systems and respond to fault, error, or alert messages.
- Secure printing plates to printing units and adjust tolerances.
- Direct or monitor work of press crews.
- Maintain time or production records.
- Download or scan files to be printed, using printing production software.