Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a flexographic press operator can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a flexographic press operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Flexographic press operators use flexographic relief plate to print on almost any material. The relief plate is inked and pressed onto the material to be printed.

Also known as flexographic print technician, flexographic printing inspection specialist, flexographic pressman, wide-format printer on flexographic presses, flexographic printing plate mounter, flexographic printing inspection technician, flexographic print operator, flexographic label printer, flexographic label press operator, flexographic print maker, flexographic operator, flexographic label press technician.

Craft and related trades workers 38 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: offset printer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
offset printer 79% covered gravure press operator 77% covered hot foil operator 70% covered screen printer 67% covered digital printer 64% covered flexographic press operat… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from flexographic press operator, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a flexographic press operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A flexographic press operator needs 18 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • flexography engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • operate flexographic printing machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • clean ink rollers handling and moving
  • polygraphy arts and humanities
  • determine colour shades handling and moving
  • prepare printing form working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • produce prepress proof handling and moving
  • follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring
  • printing on large scale machines arts and humanities
  • printing materials arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a flexographic press operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Flexographic press operator is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a flexographic press operator’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.