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
- Salary range for the majority of workers in Print finishing and binding workers - from R8 916 to R35 682 per month - 2025.
- A Print finishing and binding workers typically earns between R8 916 and R16 740 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between R9 547 and R20 130 per month for a working week of 45 hours.
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
