Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a prepress operator can go next

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

Prepress operators create a prepress proof or sample of what the finished product is expected to look like. They monitor printing quality, ensuring that graphics, colors and content meet the required quality and technical standards.

Craft and related trades workers 42 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: imagesetter, 57%

imagesetter 57% covered typesetter 57% covered prepress technician 51% covered reprographics technician 43% covered digital printer 40% covered prepress operator You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from prepress operator. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a prepress operator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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prepress 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

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a prepress operator already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.