Career Overlap Transition record
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Typesetter to reprographics technician

A typesetter already meets 38% of what the reprographics technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From typesetter
38 % overlap
Distant match
To reprographics technician
16 You already bring
11 Still to learn
36 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.3/ 100

1 How much of what a reprographics technician is expected to do is already part of a typesetter’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the reprographics technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A reprographics technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a typesetter already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • digitise documents
  • operate printing machinery
  • printing materials
  • quality standards
  • use microsoft office

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A reprographics technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a typesetter background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepress processes arts and humanities
  • already held manage offset printing process working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held lay out digital written content information skills
  • already held respect data protection principles assisting and caring
  • already held inspect printing output information skills
  • already held digitise documents working with computers

All 16 carried skills, including the 5 the reprographics technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 working with machinery and specialised equipment 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn operate scanner required
  • still to learn reproduce documents required
  • still to learn set colour profiles required
  • still to learn supply machine required
  • optional, not held operate binder machine optional
  • optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
02 arts and humanities 2 required
  • still to learn binding technologies required
  • still to learn reprography required
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • still to learn follow safety precautions in printing required
  • still to learn handle scanning material safely required
04 working with computers 2 required
  • still to learn operate digital printers required
  • still to learn scan photos required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn produce scanned images required
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
06 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held unbind books optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a reprographics technician 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 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held digitise documents skill
  • already held operate printing machinery skill
  • already held printing materials knowledge
  • already held quality standards knowledge
  • already held use microsoft office skill
  • already held communicate with customers skill
  • already held follow a brief skill
  • already held inspect printing output skill
  • already held lay out digital written content skill
  • already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
  • already held manage offset printing process skill
  • already held perform image editing skill
  • already held prepress processes knowledge
  • already held printing techniques knowledge
  • already held respect data protection principles skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held report defective manufacturing materials optional
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held monitor stock level optional
  • optional, not held operate binder machine optional
  • optional, not held unbind books optional
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held meet deadlines optional
  • optional, not held order supplies optional
  • optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
  • optional, not held report defective manufacturing materials optional
32 held skills the reprographics technician role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Adobe Photoshop knowledge
  • not needed by the target role GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
  • not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
  • not needed by the target role Synfig knowledge
  • not needed by the target role align content with form skill
  • not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
  • not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
  • not needed by the target role digital printing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
  • not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
  • not needed by the target role graphic design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role graphics editor software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret illustration needs skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare films for printing plates skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare imposition skill
  • not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role printing plate making knowledge
  • not needed by the target role produce prepress proof skill
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role publishing industry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role track changes in text editing skill
  • not needed by the target role transcribe texts skill
  • not needed by the target role typesetting machines knowledge
  • not needed by the target role typography knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
  • not needed by the target role use typesetting software skill
  • not needed by the target role use word processing software skill
3 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn binding technologies required
  • still to learn reprography required
  • optional, not held copyright legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from typesetter

Full index of moves from typesetter

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a typesetter become a reprographics technician?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A typesetter already covers 38% of what a reprographics technician is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 5 of which the reprographics technician role treats as required.

What skills does a typesetter need to become a reprographics technician?

11 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is binding technologies.

How hard is the move from typesetter to reprographics technician?

Its learning distance is 63.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.