Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a reprographics technician can go next

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

Reprographics technicians are responsible for the full or partial process of reproduction of graphical documents through mechanical-driven or digital means, such as photography, scanning or digital printing. These activities are commonly performed for purposes of maintaining archives or other structured catalogues.

Also known as print room operator, print room technician, reprography technician, mailroom specialist, reprographics administrator, reprographics specialist, copy machine operator, reprographics operator, reprographic process technician, mailroom technician, reprographics assistant, print room specialist.

Craft and related trades workers 36 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: digital printer, 45%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
digital printer 45% covered scanning operator 43% covered prepress operator 42% covered hot foil operator 32% covered gravure press operator 31% covered reprographics technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from reprographics 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 reprographics technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A reprographics technician needs 16 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
  • binding technologies arts and humanities
  • handle scanning material safely assisting and caring
  • operate digital printers working with computers
  • operate scanner working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • produce scanned images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • scan photos working with computers
  • set colour profiles working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • reproduce documents working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • reprography arts and humanities
  • follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Reprographics 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 reprographics 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.