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Job Details

Printing Press Operator

Employer

Great News Media Ltd.

Date Posted

December 01, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Calgary, AB
  • Earnings $36.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 25, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Great News Media Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Tasks

  • Mount plates or cylinders and make necessary adjustments
  • Review job orders to determine production time, colour sequence and quantities required
  • Fill ink fountains and control colour and viscosity
  • Set up press and operate at slow speed to check samples
  • Monitor regular press run for quality using computer control console
  • Remove and clean plates and cylinders at end of press run
  • Set up and adjust in-line binding and finishing equipment
  • Direct press crew to set up, operate and shut down press

Type of press

Offset press

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Public transportation is available

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Work under pressure
  • Physically demanding
  • Attention to detail
  • Fast-paced environment

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Reliability

Screening questions

Are you authorized to work in Canada?

Employment terms options

Early morning

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Day

Health benefits

  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan

Other benefits

Other benefits

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Printing Press Operator is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Printing Press Operators
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to monitor regular press runs for quality consistency using computer control consoles, to make adjustments, and to check samples for ink coverage, alignment and registration; and in removing and cleaning plates at the end of press runs

OBJECTIVE

Interest in setting up and adjusting in-line binding and finishing equipment

directive

Interest in speaking with press crew to direct their activities and ensure that safety procedures are adhered to; and in reviewing job orders to determine job specifications, such as production time, colour sequence and quantities required, and in advising press crew of job specifications

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