RecordOccupation

Where a prepress technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a prepress technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Prepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and processing it electronically. They also prepare, maintain and troubleshoot printing presses.

Highest coverage recorded: 69%
Destinations: 5each with a full record
Within reach: 5difficulty under 55
Skills on file: 57required or supplementary

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

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prepress technician is filed under Craft and related trades workers, ISCO major group 7. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a prepress technician already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.