Printing Trades Workers
- Classification
- Minor
- Major group
- Technicians and Trades Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 3Technicians and Trades Workers
- Sub-major group
- 39Other Technicians and Trades Workers
Description
Printing Trades Workers compose and set type prior to printing, set up and operate printing presses, bind and finish printed products, and prepare stencils and operate screen printing equipment.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3) At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Tasks
Tasks include
- operating graphic cameras and other photographic equipment to reproduce camera-ready copy onto films, plates and digital output devices
- operating computer screen-based equipment for scanning, colour separation and correction, retouching and other processes used to transfer copy to film and produce film for plate, cylinder and digital output productions
- setting up, operating and monitoring machines used in typesetting, photographing copy, printing and cutting, folding, collating and binding printed material
- performing routine finishing operations and machine maintenance
- preparing stencils and operating screen printing equipment