Occupation Atlasprepress operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cf578f1d-1832-4a4d-a3b2-e0a00517b51d
prepress operator
Prepress operators create a prepress proof or sample of what the finished product is expected to look like. They monitor printing quality, ensuring that graphics, colors and content meet the required quality and technical standards.
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CRAConventional · Realistic · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.76
- R Realistic5.01
- A Artistic3.10
- I Investigative1.96
- S Social1.65
- E Enterprising1.35
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Prepress Technicians and Workers (51-5111.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (23)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Microsoft Visio
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- arrange printer sheets
- follow a brief
- follow safety precautions in printing
- graphics editor software
- inspect printing output
- interpret illustration needs
- lay out digital written content
- operate printing machinery
- perform image editing
- prepress processes
- printing techniques
- produce prepress proof
- proofing methods
- provide customised products
- quality standards
- types of paper
- use microsoft office
Optional (19)
- calibrate electronic instruments
- communicate with customers
- cut page edges
- digitization
- maintain lithographic printing plates
- maintenance of printing machines
- manage offset printing process
- manage process of flexographic print
- mix ink
- output electronic files
- perform machine maintenance
- printing materials
- proofread text
- reprography
- screen printing process
- troubleshoot
- use colour printing programs
- use markup languages
- wear appropriate protective gear
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 23 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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4 shared · 12 more of its ownfollow safety precautions in printing, operate printing machinery, use microsoft office, quality standards
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