Description
Prepare and inspect plates that are used in printing process to transfer ink on the desired surface and place them in the machines, for example fixing them around printing rollers.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 4 occupations
- Optional in 1 occupations
- Total: 5 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Flexographic press operatorFlexographic press operators use flexographic relief plate to print on almost any material. The relief plate is inked and pressed onto the material to be printed. Other titles The……
- 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…
- Screen printerScreen printers tend a press that presses ink through a screen. Industrial screen printing is often used to print on materials that are hard to use with other processes,…
- 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…
Optional for
- Gravure press operatorGravure press operators work with gravure presses, where the image is engraved directly on a roll. They set up the press and monitor it during the operation, taking care…
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Last updated on February 19, 2026