Career Overlap Occupation record
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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.

Also known as graphics technician, prepress specialist, prepress engineer, press preparation engineer, press preparation worker, prepress technologist, press preparation technologist, prepress worker, press preparation technician, press preparation specialist.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
imagesetter 69% covered typesetter 65% covered prepress operator 65% covered lithographer 61% covered reprographics technician 51% covered prepress technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from prepress technician, 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 prepress technician 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 prepress technician needs 29 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
  • operate laser plate maker machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • scale copies working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • output electronic files information skills
  • scan negatives working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare films for printing plates working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • proofing methods business, administration and law
  • set colour profiles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • set scanner controls working with computers
  • align content with form communication, collaboration and creativity
  • prepare printing form working with machinery and specialised equipment
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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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

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a prepress technician’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.