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From offset printer to digital printer

11 of the 18 essential skills of a digital printer are already essential for a offset printer — about 61% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

11
skills carry over
7
would be new
61%
of the target job covered
18
essential skills of a digital printer

What a digital printer does

Digital 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 pages without lengthy or labour intensive technical steps intervening between the finished digital product and the print.

What would be new

7 skills

Essential for a digital printer and not for a offset printer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from offset printer

2 roles

offset printerdigital printerThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a digital printer?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.