Occupation Atlascopy editor
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8bd74371-1818-47d5-a253-d703c51c5f26
copy editor
Copy editors ascertain that a text is agreeable to read. They ensure that a text adheres to the conventions of grammar and spelling. Copy editors read and revise materials for books, journals, magazines and other media.
Job Zone
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- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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
ACEArtistic · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- A Artistic5.39
- C Conventional4.68
- E Enterprising4.13
- I Investigative2.90
- S Social2.56
- R Realistic1.03
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 Editors (27-3041.00): 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 (13)
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.
- apply grammar and spelling rules
- consult with editor
- copyright legislation
- digital journalism
- follow a brief
- follow work schedule
- grammar
- spelling
- suggest revision of manuscripts
- track changes in text editing
- typography
- use dictionaries
- writing techniques
Optional (15)
- adapt to artists' creative demands
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- consult information sources
- desktop publishing
- editorial standards
- follow ethical code of conduct of journalists
- follow newspaper house style
- literature
- office software
- proofread text
- read manuscripts
- review unpublished articles
- rewrite articles
- rewrite manuscripts
- write headlines
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.
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