offset printertoflexographic press operator
A offset printer already meets 81% of what the flexographic press operator role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.
81%
24.2/ 100
1 Share of the flexographic press operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the offset printer 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 flexographic press operator role treats 15 of its required skills as things a offset printer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- clean ink rollers
- follow production schedule
- follow safety precautions in printing
- monitor automated machines
- perform test run
- polygraphy
What stands in the way is 3 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A flexographic press operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a offset printer background worth leading with.
- already held clean ink rollers handling and moving
- already held polygraphy arts and humanities
- already held screen printing inks arts and humanities
- already held prepare printing form working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held printing plate making arts and humanities
- already held process printing input information skills
All 30 carried skills, including the 15 the flexographic press operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 8 missing skills fall into 4 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 operate flexographic printing machine required
- optional, not held manage process of flexographic print optional
- optional, not held tend laser marking machine optional
- required, not held determine colour shades required
- optional, not held mix ink optional
- required, not held flexography required
- optional, not held narrow web flexographic printing press optional
- optional, not held wide web flexographic printing press optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a flexographic press operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 flexography knowledge · sector specific
- 02 operate flexographic printing machine skill · sector specific
- 03 determine colour shades skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 30 skills that carry over
- already held clean ink rollers skill
- already held follow production schedule skill
- already held follow safety precautions in printing skill
- already held monitor automated machines skill
- already held perform test run skill
- already held polygraphy knowledge
- already held prepare printing form skill
- already held printing materials knowledge
- already held printing on large scale machines knowledge
- already held printing techniques knowledge
- already held produce prepress proof skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held set up the controller of a machine skill
- already held supply machine skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held consult technical resources skill
- already held handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- already held inspect printing output skill
- already held keep records of work progress skill
- already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- already held pack goods skill
- already held perform machine maintenance skill
- already held printing media knowledge
- already held printing plate making knowledge
- already held process printing input skill
- already held record production data for quality control skill
- already held report defective manufacturing materials skill
- already held screen printing inks knowledge
- already held types of paper knowledge
- already held wear appropriate protective gear skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held narrow web flexographic printing press optional
- optional, not held wide web flexographic printing press optional
- optional, not held manage process of flexographic print optional
- optional, not held mix ink optional
- optional, not held tend laser marking machine optional
10 held skills the flexographic press operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role cut page edges skill
- not needed by the target role maintain lithographic printing plates skill
- not needed by the target role manage offset printing process skill
- not needed by the target role offset printing knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate letterpress skill
- not needed by the target role operate offset printing machine skill
- not needed by the target role perforate printed media skill
- not needed by the target role prepare colour mixtures skill
- not needed by the target role prepare offset printing machine skill
- not needed by the target role print stripping knowledge
3 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 flexography required
- optional, not held narrow web flexographic printing press optional
- optional, not held wide web flexographic printing press optional
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.