scanning operator
Scanning operators tend scanners. They feed print materials into the machine and set controls on the machine or on a controlling computer to obtain the highest resolution scan.
Also called: scanning clerk, scanner technician, scanner tender, scanner specialist, scanning machine operator, scanning machine tender, scanner operator, document scanning operator
- 15
- essential skills
- 21
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 7321
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
15- calibrate electronic instruments
- check for flaws in scanned material
- create digital files
- create digital images
- digitization
- follow safety precautions in printing
- handle scanning material safely
- imaging techniques
- operate scanner
- prepare documents for scanning
- printing techniques
- produce scanned images
- reprography
- set scanner controls
- write calibration report
Optional skills
21- copyright legislation
- cut page edges
- digital printing
- digitise documents
- follow a brief
- inspect printing output
- lay out digital written content
- maintain system logs
- maintenance of printing machines
- manage digital documents
- meet deadlines
- numerical sequences
- perforate printed media
- perform image editing
- printing on large scale machines
- process printing input
- troubleshoot
- types of paper
- use microsoft office
- use spreadsheets software
- use word processing software
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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