typesettertoreprographics technician
A typesetter already meets 38% of what the reprographics technician role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
38%
63.3/ 100
1 Share of the reprographics technician role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the typesetter 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 reprographics technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a typesetter already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- digitise documents
- operate printing machinery
- printing materials
- quality standards
- use microsoft office
What stands in the way is 11 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A reprographics technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a typesetter background worth leading with.
- already held prepress processes arts and humanities
- already held manage offset printing process working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held lay out digital written content information skills
- already held respect data protection principles assisting and caring
- already held inspect printing output information skills
- already held digitise documents working with computers
All 16 carried skills, including the 5 the reprographics technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 8 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 scanner required
- required, not held reproduce documents required
- required, not held set colour profiles required
- required, not held supply machine required
- optional, not held operate binder machine optional
- optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
- required, not held binding technologies required
- required, not held reprography required
- required, not held follow safety precautions in printing required
- required, not held handle scanning material safely required
- required, not held operate digital printers required
- required, not held scan photos required
- required, not held produce scanned images required
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held unbind books optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a reprographics technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 binding technologies knowledge · sector specific
- 02 follow safety precautions in printing skill · sector specific
- 03 handle scanning material safely 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held digitise documents skill
- already held operate printing machinery skill
- already held printing materials knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held use microsoft office skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held follow a brief skill
- already held inspect printing output skill
- already held lay out digital written content skill
- already held maintenance of printing machines knowledge
- already held manage offset printing process skill
- already held perform image editing skill
- already held prepress processes knowledge
- already held printing techniques knowledge
- already held respect data protection principles skill
- already held troubleshoot skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held report defective manufacturing materials optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held monitor stock level optional
- optional, not held operate binder machine optional
- optional, not held unbind books optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held meet deadlines optional
- optional, not held order supplies optional
- optional, not held perform machine maintenance optional
- optional, not held report defective manufacturing materials optional
32 held skills the reprographics technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
- not needed by the target role Adobe Photoshop knowledge
- not needed by the target role GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
- not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
- not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
- not needed by the target role Synfig knowledge
- not needed by the target role align content with form skill
- not needed by the target role apply desktop publishing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
- not needed by the target role consult with editor skill
- not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
- not needed by the target role digital printing knowledge
- not needed by the target role draw design sketches skill
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role graphic design knowledge
- not needed by the target role graphics editor software knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret illustration needs skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role prepare films for printing plates skill
- not needed by the target role prepare imposition skill
- not needed by the target role printed goods processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role printing plate making knowledge
- not needed by the target role produce prepress proof skill
- not needed by the target role proofread text skill
- not needed by the target role publishing industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role track changes in text editing skill
- not needed by the target role transcribe texts skill
- not needed by the target role typesetting machines knowledge
- not needed by the target role typography knowledge
- not needed by the target role use markup languages skill
- not needed by the target role use typesetting software skill
- not needed by the target role use word processing 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.
- required, not held binding technologies required
- required, not held reprography required
- optional, not held copyright legislation 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.