From imagesetter to prepress operator
15 of the 23 essential skills of a prepress operator are already essential for a imagesetter — about 65% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 15
- skills carry over
- 8
- would be new
- 65%
- of the target job covered
- 23
- essential skills of a prepress operator
What a prepress operator does
Prepress operators create a prepress proof or sample of what the finished product is expected to look like. They monitor printing quality, ensuring that graphics, colors and content meet the required quality and technical standards.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- arrange printer sheets
- follow safety precautions in printing
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- graphics editor software
- interpret illustration needs
- lay out digital written content
- Microsoft Visio
- operate printing machinery
- printing techniques
- produce prepress proof
- quality standards
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
What would be new
8 skillsEssential for a prepress operator and not for a imagesetter. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from imagesetter
2 roles- typesetter19 skills in common
- prepress technician15 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a prepress operator?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.