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

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

Typesetters ensure that printed text is correctly set and visually pleasing. While typesetting was originally done manually and later employed techniques like linotype and phototypesetting, almost all typesetting is now done digitally using design programs or specialised typesetting programs.

Craft and related trades workers 48 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: imagesetter, 71%

imagesetter 71% covered prepress operator 69% covered prepress technician 56% covered desktop publisher 39% covered reprographics technician 39% covered typesetter You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from typesetter. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a typesetter 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

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

Index

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typesetter 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 typesetter 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.