STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: PRINT SHOP ESTIMATOR
Class Code: 6998-15
Date Established: 09-23-81
Occupational Code: 5-2-4
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To suggest methods to facilitate print
shop work flow and expedite completion of projects, including estimating
printing time and cost of production.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Recommends procedures
used in developing orders according to agency specifications.
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Estimates cost of
production by compiling figures and calculating cost of time and material
required at each stage of the printing process.
·
Expedites and
monitors print shop work orders to ensure that finished products are shipped to
agencies within specified time limits.
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Reviews efficiency of
staff operations to assist in developing cost effective measures for producing
printed materials.
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Contracts with
outside vendors concerning specialized print orders or as required.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in developing formats
and procedures for special applications OR in investigating and reviewing the
use of equipment and data for a specialized function.
Knowledge: Requires knowledge of business
practices and procedures or technical training in a craft or trade, including
working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a variety of
practical situations.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by facilitating the direct
provision of services to the public or other state agencies. Errors at this level result in
inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant investment
of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve
practical problems. This level
also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited
standardization exists.
Independent Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school or G.E.D.
equivalent and completion of an apprenticeship program in a full-line print
shop; OR an Associate's degree from a vocational school with a major study in
graphic arts or printing. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: Three years' experience in offset
printing operations requiring estimating costs and expediting work.
License/Certification: None required.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the print shop or graphic
services operations. Knowledge of the requirements to complete a printing
order. Knowledge of bookbinding
operations. Knowledge of
mathematics to include understanding of decimal and fractional
equivalents. Ability to expedite
work through completion. Ability
to negotiate printing costs.
Ability to determine costs of operation using loosely related
elements. Ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships with print shop personnel, personnel
of other agencies and outside vendors.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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