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From prepress operator to typesetter

14 of the 26 essential skills of a typesetter are already essential for a prepress operator — about 54% 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.

14
skills carry over
12
would be new
54%
of the target job covered
26
essential skills of a typesetter

What a typesetter does

Typesetters ensure that printed text is correctly set and visually pleasing. While typesetting was originally done manually and later employed techniques like linotype and phototypesetting, almost all typesetting is now done digitally using design programs or specialised typesetting programs.

What would be new

12 skills

Essential for a typesetter and not for a prepress operator. 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 prepress operator

2 roles

prepress operatortypesetterThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a typesetter?

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.