reprographics techniciantogravure press operator
A reprographics technician already meets 31% of what the gravure press operator role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
31%
69.8/ 100
1 Share of the gravure press operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the reprographics technician 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.
Why this move works
A gravure press operator role treats 6 of its required skills as things a reprographics technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- follow safety precautions in printing
- printing materials
- printing techniques
- quality standards
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 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 reprographics technician background worth leading with.
- already held inspect printing output information skills
- already held follow safety precautions in printing assisting and caring
- already held printing materials arts and humanities
- already held maintenance of printing machines arts and humanities
- already held follow a brief communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held printing techniques arts and humanities
All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the gravure press operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held adjust rotogravure press required
- required, not held operate rotary press required
- required, not held use colour printing programs required
- required, not held monitor automated machines required
- optional, not held adjust drying process to goods optional
- optional, not held prepare printing form optional
- required, not held produce prepress proof required
- 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
- required, not held use doctor blade required
- required, not held follow production schedule required
- required, not held printing on large scale machines required
- optional, not held screen printing inks optional
- optional, not held printing media optional
- required, not held perform test run required
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
- required, not held set up the controller of a machine required
3 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 adjust rotogravure press skill · occupation specific
- 02 operate rotary press skill · sector specific
- 03 printing on large scale machines knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held follow safety precautions in printing skill
- already held printing materials knowledge
- already held printing techniques knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held supply machine skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held follow a brief skill
- already held inspect printing output skill
- already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held process printing input optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held record production data for quality control optional
- optional, not held types of paper optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 process printing input optional
- optional, not held screen printing inks optional
- optional, not held types of paper optional
- optional, not held consult technical resources optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held handle chemical cleaning agents optional
- optional, not held keep records of work progress optional
- optional, not held monitor gauge optional
- optional, not held pack goods optional
- optional, not held printing media optional
- optional, not held record production data for quality control optional
- optional, not held wear appropriate protective gear optional
25 held skills the gravure press operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role binding technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role digitise documents skill
- not needed by the target role handle scanning material safely skill
- not needed by the target role lay out digital written content skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage offset printing process skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role monitor stock level skill
- not needed by the target role operate binder machine skill
- not needed by the target role operate digital printers skill
- not needed by the target role operate printing machinery skill
- not needed by the target role operate scanner skill
- not needed by the target role order supplies skill
- not needed by the target role perform image editing skill
- not needed by the target role prepress 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 reprography knowledge
- not needed by the target role respect data protection principles skill
- not needed by the target role scan photos skill
- not needed by the target role set colour profiles skill
- not needed by the target role unbind books skill
- not needed by the target role use microsoft office skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held printing on large scale machines required
- optional, not held screen printing inks optional
- optional, not held types of paper optional
- optional, not held engraving technologies optional
- optional, not held printing media optional
Other moves recorded from reprographics technician
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.