Assembler of books for blind children

Assembler of books for blind children

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Posted by Volunteer North Hampshire

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THE ROLE You will be joining a friendly and supportive team of staff and volunteers in a highly rewarding role, helping make accessible books for blind and partially sighted children. This is a varied and interesting hands-on role, completing a wide range of manual assembly tasks in the production of the books for children. Also assisting with the repairs of these publications when required.

MAIN DUTIES INCLUDE * working in the production room and pressing the plastic raised tactile images using a simple machine * creating Braille sheets * cutting and punching plastic and paper pages and assembling into books * laminating and comb binding * completing any necessary repairs on these publications when required 

COMMITMENT REQUIRED Production room sessions are usually 3+ hours, during Monday-Thursday 1-4.30pm at our office in Kingsclere between Newbury and Basingstoke. We request one reference for this role.

What skills do I need?

This role would particularly suit a multi skilled person

• Good eye for detail and able to follow precise instructions.

• Someone looking for a hands-on role. 

• Preferably creative capacity.

• Preferably IT literate. 

• You will be happy to learn the various manual tasks in the book production process and will have full training and support to use the various production room machinery.

• You will need to be comfortable working independently at times, but support and organisation of tasks will be provided by the Production Room Co-ordinator.