Print finishing and binding workers bind books and other publications, and finish printed products by hand or machine.
Skill level:
Semi-skilled
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- Salary range for the majority of workers in Print finishing and binding workers - from ETB4,208 to ETB11,159 per month - 2025.
- A Print finishing and binding workers typically earns between ETB4,208 and ETB7,763 net per month at the start of the job.
- After 5 years of service, this is between ETB4,411 and ETB8,358 per month for a working week of 48 hours.
Job Responsibilities
- 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
