Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
Check your pay
- The majority of Print finishing and binding workers earn a salary between R5 958 and R21 924 per month in 2024.
- A monthly wage for entry-level Print finishing and binding workers ranges from R5 958 to R13 097.
- After gaining 5 years of work experience, their income will be between R7 019 and R16 327 per month.
Duties and tasks
- 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