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

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

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.

Craft and related trades workers 57 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: imagesetter, 69%

imagesetter 69% covered typesetter 65% covered prepress operator 65% covered lithographer 61% covered reprographics technician 51% covered prepress technician You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from prepress technician. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a prepress technician 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

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prepress technician 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 technician 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.