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Career Guidance Knowledge arts and humanities K021 - arts K0211 - audio-visual techniques and media production Printing media
Description
Specific techniques related to various printing surfaces such plastics, metal, glass, textiles, wood, and paper.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 1 occupations
- Optional in 12 occupations
- Total: 13 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 7 (Craft and related trades workers)
Essential for
- Print studio supervisorPrint production supervisors organise the activity of one or more teams of machine operators in printing, binding of books and finishing of printed materials. They aim to optimise …
Optional 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……
- ImagesetterImagesetters process images and graphic templates by using phototypesetting machines. They optimise the templates for the best possible result by determining the right arrangement …
- Journalism lecturerJournalism lecturers and media are subject professors, teachers, or lecturers who instruct students who have obtained an upper secondary education diploma in their own specialised …
- 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…
- Digital printerDigital printers work with machines that print directly to the medium, without an intervening plate. Digital printers usually use laser or inkjet technology to print individual pag…
- Paper stationery machine operatorPaper stationery machine operators work with machines that perform one or more operations on paper to make it suitable for specific markets, such as punching holes, perforating, cr…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- Hot foil operatorHot foil operators tend machines which apply a metallic foil on other materials using pressure cylinders and heating. They also mix colors, set up the appropriate machinery equipme…
- Print folding operatorPrint folding operators tend a machine that folds paper and bundles of paper. Duties Print folding operators typically do the following: Review job specifications to determine page…
- 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…
Related skills
- Quality standards
- Printing techniques
- Set up the controller of a machine
- Follow safety precautions in printing
- Maintenance of printing machines
- Types of paper
- Troubleshoot
- Keep records of work progress
- Perform test run
- Supply machine
- Record production data for quality control
- Report defective manufacturing materials
