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Career Guidance Skills working with machinery and specialised equipment S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products S8.5.6 - operating print and photographic production equipment Prepare equipment for textile printing
Description
Manufacture screens and prepare printing paste. Use tools and equipment associated with screen printing. Select screen types and mesh for appropriate substrates. Develop, dry and finish screen image. Prepare screens, test screens and printed quality.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 4 occupations
- Total: 8 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Finishing textile technicianFinishing textile technicians perform operations related to setting up finishing processes. The finishing processes are the final series of operations that improves the appearance …
- Textile printerTextile printers perform textile printing operations. Other titles The following job titles also refer to textile printer: silk screen printertextile screen printertextile pri…
- Textile colouristA Textile Colourist is a specialist responsible for creating and selecting color combinations for textiles, ensuring that fabrics achieve the desired hues, tones, and color effects…
- Screen making technicianScreen making technicians engrave or etch screens for textile printing. Other titles The following job titles also refer to screen making technician: silk screen engraverrota…
Optional for
- Textile pattern making machine operatorTextile pattern making machine operators create patterns, designs and decoration for textiles and fabrics using machines and equipment. They choose which materials to use and check…
- Textile dyeing technicianTextile dyeing technicians perform operations related to setting up dyeing processes. Duties Textile dyeing technician typically do the following: develop chemical 'recipes' to pro…
- Printing textile technicianPrinting textile technicians perform operations related to setting up the printing processes. Other titles The following job titles also refer to printing textile technician: …
- Sign makerSign makers design and develop signs for a variety of uses such as flyers, traffic signs, billboards and business signs. They use different materials and techniques and if necessar…
Related skills
- Textile printing technology
- Maintain work standards
- Textile chemistry
- Textile technologies
- Dyeing technology
- Conduct textile testing operations
- Develop textile colouring recipes
- Tend textile printing machines
- Decorate textile articles
- Textile finishing technology
- Draw sketches to develop textile articles
- Test physical properties of textiles
Last updated on February 18, 2026
