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Where a printmaker can go next

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

Printmakers engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber or other materials to create images which are transported onto surfaces, generally using a printing press. Printmakers often use tools such as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.

Also known as printmaking artist, lithographer, illustrator & printmaker, illustrator and printmaker, screen printer, artist printmaker, relief printer, silk screen printer, printmaking etcher, designer printmaker.

Professionals 23 skills on file 4 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: jewellery engraver, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 4 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 4 nearest destinations from printmaker, 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 printmaker already covers. All 4 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only 4 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A printmaker needs 21 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

fill etchings handling and moving
transfer designs on workpiece handling and moving
maintain engraving equipment constructing
prepare etching chemicals handling and moving
scale etchings working with machinery and specialised equipment
sketch designs on workpieces communication, collaboration and creativity
compute engraving dimensions information skills
ensure accurate engravings working with machinery and specialised equipment
handle etching chemicals constructing
inspect etched work information skills

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Printmaker is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 printmaker’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.