Occupation Atlasdigital printer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6175b828-026d-4fb4-8be7-418394e1add0
digital printer
Digital printers work with machines that print directly to the medium, without an intervening plate. Digital printers usually use laser or inkjet technology to print individual pages without lengthy or labour intensive technical steps intervening between the finished digital product and the print.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CREConventional · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional5.43
- R Realistic4.80
- E Enterprising1.77
- A Artistic1.74
- S Social1.71
- I Investigative1.18
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Printing Press Operators (51-5112.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (18)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- digital printing
- feed press cylinders
- follow production schedule
- follow safety precautions in printing
- maintenance of printing machines
- monitor automated machines
- operate digital printers
- perform test run
- printing materials
- printing on large scale machines
- produce prepress proof
- quality standards
- set colour profiles
- set up the controller of a machine
- supply machine
- troubleshoot
- types of paper
- use colour printing programs
Optional (21)
- calibrate electronic instruments
- communicate with customers
- consult technical resources
- create digital files
- follow a brief
- inspect printing output
- keep records of work progress
- monitor stock level
- order supplies
- perform machine maintenance
- prepare documents for scanning
- printed goods processes
- printing media
- printing techniques
- process printing input
- produce scanned images
- record production data for quality control
- report defective manufacturing materials
- reproduce documents
- set scanner controls
- use word processing software
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
gravure press operator
12 shared · 6 more of its ownuse colour printing programs, produce prepress proof, follow safety precautions in printing, printing on large scale machines
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