Trainee Print Finisher (Cadetship) | Full Time | Ravenhall
Monday to Friday, 38 hours per week. Paid OT when it's busy. Home on time when it's not.
About the Role
Same day turnaround is in our name, and we deliver it. We're growing our finishing team and want to train the next great Print Finisher from the ground up.
You'll learn to run serious finishing kit on our small format floor: Uchida and Duplo cutter/slitters, a Horizon rotary die cutter, commercial laminating and foiling, dieless cutters, a booklet making (perfect bound, saddle stitching, wire binding) and the guillotine. It's fast-paced and deadline-driven, and what you finish ends up in shopfronts, at events and in customers' hands. The details matter.
What You'll Do (Day One)
Learn the finishing floor alongside an experienced finishers
Guillotine, trim, score, crease, fold and pack jobs to spec
Quality check work before it leaves the floor
Pack and prepare orders for same day dispatch
Keep your area clean, organised and safe
Where It Grows (Your Path to Owning It)
As you find your feet, you'll step up into:
Running the cutter/slitters, laminator, foiling and dieless cutters on your own
Running the Horizon rotary die cutter, perfect binder and booklet maker
Planning with the print and finishing team, then running your own daily workflow so every job, including same-day and rush jobs, goes out on time
Basic machine maintenance
Owning your section of the floor
Skill milestones at 3, 6 and 12 months.



Your pay steps up as you hit them.
What the Job Demands (please read before applying)
Lifting 20kg cartons repeatedly throughout the day
On your feet for 7.6 hours a day
Keeping pace on finishing equipment all day
It's busy. It doesn't stop. There's no time to lean, if you do, it's time used to clean.
About You
You like machines, you move rapid, and you take pride in a professional finish.
Required:
Reliable, punctual and keen to learn a trade
A sharp eye for detail. If you spot a bad trim before the customer does, you're our person
A proactive, team-first attitude. You see what's next and get on with it
Flexible for early starts or late finishes when needed
Own transport to Ravenhall
Highly Regarded:
Hands-on work history: manufacturing, trade, labouring, hospitality
Any time on machinery, tools or production lines
Why Same Day Printing?
18+ years
in business, built from a garage into a 16+ person operation across 2 buildings
Same-day turnaround
is in our name, and we deliver it
Serious kit.
Modern finishing equipment, maintained properly. You'll learn on the good stuff
Real variety.
Wineries, breweries, tradies, retailers, agencies and events. No two days are the same
A team that backs you.
Our Australian and Philippines crew work together to keep the floor running
Pay:
$51,000 to $54,000 + super, stepping up as you hit your skill milestones.
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📌 Print Finishing Cadet (Melbourne)
🏢 Same Day Printing
📍 Melbourne