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Printing Machine Operator Salary
in Radcliff, Kentucky

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$38,514 (USD)

Average Salary

$19/hr

Average Hourly

$535

Average Bonus

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The average pay for a Printing Machine Operator is $38,514 a year and $19 an hour in Radcliff, Kentucky, United States. The average salary range for a Printing Machine Operator is between $28,731 and $45,408. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Printing Machine Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Radcliff, Kentucky.

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Estimated salary in 2029:
$43,261
5 Year Change:
12 %

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About Radcliff, Kentucky

Radcliff Cost of Living Score:

Description: Radcliff is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 23,042 as of the 2020 Census, up from 21,692 from the 2010 census. Its economy is largely dominated by the adjacent U.S. Army base Fort Knox and by the nearby city of Elizabethtown. Radcliff's population previously fluctuated greatly depending on the deployments of the units at the base, but the BRAC reorganization of 2005, and the quartering of the U.S. Army's Human Resources Command to Fort Knox has created a larger and more stable population.
Description:
  • Sets up and operates machine to print designs on materials, such as cloth, fiberglass, plastic sheeting, coated felt, or oilcloth: turns handwheel to set pressure on printing rollers, according to specifications.
  • Turns screws to align register marks on printing rollers with register marks on machine, using allen wrench.
  • Sharpens doctor blade, using file and oilstone, and verifies evenness of blade, using straightedge.
  • Aligns doctor blade against printing roller, using handtools.
  • Dips color from tubs into color boxes to supply printing rollers.
  • Scans cloth leaving machine for printing defects, such as smudges, variations in color shades, and designs that are out of register (alignment).
  • Realigns printing rollers and adjusts position of blanket or back gray cloth to absorb excess color from printing rollers.
  • Records yardage of cloth printed.
  • Coordinates printing activities with activities of workers who feed and doff machine and aid in setting up and cleaning machine.
  • May notify colorist when color shade varies from specifications.
  • May mix own colors.
  • May mount printing rollers on machine for change of pattern printing-roller handler.
  • May position knives specified distance from edge of plastic material to trim excess material from edges.
  • When printing samples of new patterns and novelty designs, is designated novelty-printing-machine operator or proofing-machine operator.
  • May set up and operate cloth printing machine utilizing caustic soda paste instead of color paste to print designs on clo.

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Salary Recap

The average pay for a Printing Machine Operator is $38,514 a year and $19 an hour in Radcliff, Kentucky, United States. The average salary range for a Printing Machine Operator is between $28,731 and $45,408. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Printing Machine Operator. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Radcliff, Kentucky.

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Job Statistics

Printing Machine Operator Job Prevalence in the United States

Job family: Printing Press Operators

Job family population: 151,450

Estimated population of Printing Machine Operator jobs: 2,881

Rate of error: 1.1%

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Radcliff Cost of Living Score:

Description: Radcliff is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 23,042 as of the 2020 Census, up from 21,692 from the 2010 census. Its economy is largely dominated by the adjacent U.S. Army base Fort Knox and by the nearby city of Elizabethtown. Radcliff's population previously fluctuated greatly depending on the deployments of the units at the base, but the BRAC reorganization of 2005, and the quartering of the U.S. Army's Human Resources Command to Fort Knox has created a larger and more stable population.
Description:
  • Sets up and operates machine to print designs on materials, such as cloth, fiberglass, plastic sheeting, coated felt, or oilcloth: turns handwheel to set pressure on printing rollers, according to specifications.
  • Turns screws to align register marks on printing rollers with register marks on machine, using allen wrench.
  • Sharpens doctor blade, using file and oilstone, and verifies evenness of blade, using straightedge.
  • Aligns doctor blade against printing roller, using handtools.
  • Dips color from tubs into color boxes to supply printing rollers.
  • Scans cloth leaving machine for printing defects, such as smudges, variations in color shades, and designs that are out of register (alignment).
  • Realigns printing rollers and adjusts position of blanket or back gray cloth to absorb excess color from printing rollers.
  • Records yardage of cloth printed.
  • Coordinates printing activities with activities of workers who feed and doff machine and aid in setting up and cleaning machine.
  • May notify colorist when color shade varies from specifications.
  • May mix own colors.
  • May mount printing rollers on machine for change of pattern printing-roller handler.
  • May position knives specified distance from edge of plastic material to trim excess material from edges.
  • When printing samples of new patterns and novelty designs, is designated novelty-printing-machine operator or proofing-machine operator.
  • May set up and operate cloth printing machine utilizing caustic soda paste instead of color paste to print designs on clo.
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