Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digital printertogravure press operator

A digital printer already meets 67% of what the gravure press operator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital printer
67%
Overlap1
To gravure press operator
24 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
38 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 38

This move: 38 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the gravure press operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital printer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 24 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A gravure press operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital printer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held use colour printing programs working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held process printing input information skills
  • already held produce prepress proof handling and moving
  • already held inspect printing output information skills
  • already held printing media arts and humanities
  • already held follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring

All 24 carried skills, including the 13 the gravure press operator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held clean ink rollers required
  • required, not held determine colour shades required
  • optional, not held cut page edges optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held pack goods optional
02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held adjust rotogravure press required
  • required, not held operate rotary press required
  • optional, not held adjust drying process to goods optional
  • optional, not held prepare printing form optional
03 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held use doctor blade required
04 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held screen printing inks optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
06 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor gauge optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a gravure press operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 24 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held follow production schedule skill
  • already held follow safety precautions in printing skill
  • already held monitor automated machines skill
  • already held perform test run skill
  • already held printing materials knowledge
  • already held printing on large scale machines knowledge
  • already held printing techniques knowledge
  • already held produce prepress proof skill
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held set up the controller of a machine skill
  • already held supply machine skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
  • already held use colour printing programs skill
  • already held consult technical resources skill
  • already held follow a brief skill
  • already held inspect printing output skill
  • already held keep records of work progress skill
  • already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
  • already held perform machine maintenance skill
  • already held printing media knowledge
  • already held process printing input skill
  • already held record production data for quality control skill
  • already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
  • already held types of paper knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held engraving technologies optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adjust drying process to goods optional
  • optional, not held cut page edges optional
  • optional, not held prepare printing form optional
  • optional, not held screen printing inks optional
  • optional, not held engraving technologies optional
  • optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
  • optional, not held monitor gauge optional
  • optional, not held pack goods optional
  • optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
15 held skills the gravure press operator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role calibrate electronic instruments skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role create digital files skill
  • not needed by the target role digital printing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role feed press cylinders skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
  • not needed by the target role operate digital printers skill
  • not needed by the target role order supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare documents for scanning skill
  • not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role produce scanned images skill
  • not needed by the target role reproduce documents skill
  • not needed by the target role set colour profiles skill
  • not needed by the target role set scanner controls skill
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held screen printing inks optional
  • optional, not held engraving technologies optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital printer

Full index of moves from digital printer

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.