From prepress operator to prepress technician
13 of the 29 essential skills of a prepress technician are already essential for a prepress operator — about 45% 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.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 16
- would be new
- 45%
- of the target job covered
- 29
- essential skills of a prepress technician
What a prepress technician does
Prepress 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 processing it electronically. They also prepare, maintain and troubleshoot printing presses.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
16 skillsEssential for a prepress technician and not for a prepress operator. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- align content with form
- develop digital content
- maintenance of printing machines
- operate laser plate maker machine
- output electronic files
- prepare films for printing plates
- prepare printing form
- printing on large scale machines
- printing plate making
- reprography
- scale copies
- scan negatives
- set colour profiles
- set scanner controls
- troubleshoot
- typography
Other moves from prepress operator
2 roles- imagesetter15 skills in common
- typesetter14 skills in common
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How far are you from being a prepress technician?
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.