From imagesetter to prepress technician
15 of the 29 essential skills of a prepress technician are already essential for a imagesetter — about 52% 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
- 14
- would be new
- 52%
- of the target job covered
- 29
- essential skills of a prepress technician
What a prepress technician does
Prepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image and processing it electronically. They also prepare, maintain and troubleshoot printing presses.
What carries over
15 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- align content with form
- follow safety precautions in printing
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- graphics editor software
- lay out digital written content
- Microsoft Visio
- operate printing machinery
- output electronic files
- produce prepress proof
- reprography
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- typography
What would be new
14 skillsEssential for a prepress technician 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.
- develop digital content
- maintenance of printing machines
- operate laser plate maker machine
- prepare films for printing plates
- prepare printing form
- prepress processes
- printing on large scale machines
- printing plate making
- proofing methods
- scale copies
- scan negatives
- set colour profiles
- set scanner controls
- troubleshoot
Other moves from imagesetter
2 roles- typesetter19 skills in common
- prepress operator15 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a prepress technician?
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.