offset printer
Offset 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 it onto the printing surface.
Also called: newspaper printer, offset press operator, offset pressman, lithographic printing specialist, offset press assistant, lithographic printing technician, offset lithography printer, offset printer technician
- 18
- essential skills
- 22
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- paper embossing press operator9 skills in common
- print folding operator8 skills in common
- paper cutter operator7 skills in common
Essential skills
18- clean ink rollers
- follow production schedule
- follow safety precautions in printing
- monitor automated machines
- offset printing
- operate offset printing machine
- perform test run
- polygraphy
- prepare offset printing machine
- prepare printing form
- printing on large scale machines
- printing techniques
- produce prepress proof
- quality standards
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of paper
Optional skills
22- consult technical resources
- cut page edges
- handle chemical cleaning agents
- inspect printing output
- keep records of work progress
- maintain lithographic printing plates
- maintenance of printing machines
- manage offset printing process
- operate letterpress
- pack goods
- perforate printed media
- perform machine maintenance
- prepare colour mixtures
- print stripping
- printing materials
- printing media
- printing plate making
- process printing input
- record production data for quality control
- report defective manufacturing materials
- screen printing inks
- wear appropriate protective gear
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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