Description
Produce and store plates used in lithographic offset printing by running a previously imposed and ripped file to plate or exposing and developing the plate using hand tools or machines.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 0 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Optional for
- ImagesetterImagesetters process images and graphic templates by using phototypesetting machines. They optimise the templates for the best possible result by determining the right arrangement …
- Prepress technicianPrepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and process…
- Prepress operatorPrepress operators create a prepress proof, or sample of what the finished product will look like. In many printing contracts, the client at this stage decides whether the print…
- Offset printerOffset printers handle an offset press in order to print an image. The offset press transfers an inked image from the plate to a rubber blanket before to print…
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Last updated on February 19, 2026