# Occupation profile — paper machine operator

- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4b6a55a8-8ec9-4ae2-9f62-ebcea1fa93d0
- **ESCO code:** 8171.5
- **ISCO-08 group:** 8171 — Pulp and papermaking plant operators
- **O*NET-SOC:** 51-9196.00 — Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (match: closeMatch)

## Description (ESCO)

Paper machine operators tend a machine that takes in pulp slurry, spread it out over a screen, and drains out the water. The drained slurry is then pressed and dried to produce paper.

## Definition

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## Alternative labels

- paper making machine operator
- paper machine technician
- paper making machine specialist
- paper-making machine specialist
- paper machine specialist
- paper maker
- paper-making machine operator
- paper making machine technician
- paper-making machine technician
- paper machine hand