Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a screen printer can go next

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

Screen printers tend a press that presses ink through a screen. They are responsible for the setup, operation and maintenance of the screen printing machine.

Also known as screen print technician, silk-screen printing machine specialist, silk-screen printing machine oeprator, silk-screen printing machine technician, screen printing operator, silk-screen printing operator, silk-screen printer, silk-screen printing machine operator, screen printing machine technician, screen printing machine specialist, screen-printer, silk-screen printing machine worker.

Craft and related trades workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: hot foil operator, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
hot foil operator 73% covered gravure press operator 73% covered flexographic press operator 72% covered offset printer 67% covered digital printer 63% covered screen printer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from screen printer, 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 screen printer 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 screen printer needs 19 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 screen printing press working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • prepare screen printing working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • use doctor blade management skills
  • determine colour shades handling and moving
  • screen printing process arts and humanities
  • screen printing inks arts and humanities
  • prepare printing form working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • adjust drying process to goods working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring
  • printing on large scale machines arts and humanities
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Screen printer 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 screen printer’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.