prepress techniciantotypesetter
A prepress technician already meets 65% of what the typesetter role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
65%
43.9/ 100
1 Share of the typesetter role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the prepress technician 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 typesetter role treats 18 of its required skills as things a prepress technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- Microsoft Visio
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
What stands in the way is 8 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 29 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A typesetter role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a prepress technician background worth leading with.
- already held use typesetting software working with computers
- already held prepare films for printing plates working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held align content with form communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prepress processes arts and humanities
- already held interpret illustration needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held typography arts and humanities
All 29 carried skills, including the 18 the typesetter role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 9 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 apply grammar and spelling rules required
- required, not held consult with editor required
- required, not held track changes in text editing required
- optional, not held draw design sketches optional
- optional, not held follow a brief optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- required, not held use markup languages required
- required, not held apply desktop publishing techniques required
- required, not held use microsoft office required
- optional, not held perform image editing optional
- required, not held transcribe texts required
- optional, not held inspect printing output optional
- optional, not held manage data optional
- required, not held prepare imposition required
- optional, not held digital printing optional
- optional, not held respect data protection principles optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a typesetter role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 transcribe texts skill · occupation specific
- 02 prepare imposition skill · sector specific
- 03 use markup languages skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 29 skills that carry over
- already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
- already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
- already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
- already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
- already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
- already held Synfig knowledge
- already held align content with form skill
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held graphics editor software knowledge
- already held interpret illustration needs skill
- already held lay out digital written content skill
- already held operate printing machinery skill
- already held prepress processes knowledge
- already held printing materials knowledge
- already held produce prepress proof skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held typography knowledge
- already held use typesetting software skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held develop digital content skill
- already held digitise documents skill
- already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- already held manage offset printing process skill
- already held prepare films for printing plates skill
- already held printed goods processes knowledge
- already held printing plate making knowledge
- already held printing techniques knowledge
- already held troubleshoot skill
- already held use word processing software skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held publishing industry optional
- optional, not held typesetting machines optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held digital printing optional
- optional, not held inspect printing output optional
- optional, not held manage data optional
- optional, not held respect data protection principles optional
- optional, not held typesetting machines optional
- optional, not held draw design sketches optional
- optional, not held follow a brief optional
- optional, not held follow work schedule optional
- optional, not held perform image editing optional
- optional, not held proofread text optional
- optional, not held publishing industry optional
28 held skills the typesetter role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role apply opaque skill
- not needed by the target role create digital files skill
- not needed by the target role edit photographs skill
- not needed by the target role follow safety precautions in printing skill
- not needed by the target role handle scanning material safely skill
- not needed by the target role ink printing plates skill
- not needed by the target role maintain lithographic printing plates skill
- not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
- not needed by the target role meet deadlines skill
- not needed by the target role offset printing knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate laser plate maker machine skill
- not needed by the target role output electronic files skill
- not needed by the target role prepare offset printing machine skill
- not needed by the target role prepare printing form skill
- not needed by the target role prevent paper jams skill
- not needed by the target role printing media knowledge
- not needed by the target role printing on large scale machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role process printing input skill
- not needed by the target role proofing methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role reprography knowledge
- not needed by the target role scale copies skill
- not needed by the target role scan negatives skill
- not needed by the target role scan photos skill
- not needed by the target role set colour profiles skill
- not needed by the target role set scanner controls skill
- not needed by the target role store negatives skill
- not needed by the target role use colour printing programs skill
- not needed by the target role use presentation 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.
- optional, not held digital printing optional
- optional, not held typesetting machines optional
- optional, not held publishing industry optional
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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.