Printing Press Operators
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
Also called: Press Operator, Pressman, Printer, Printing Press Operator
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Skills:
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- hold or move items with your hands
- keep your arm or hand steady
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- notice when problems happen
- order or arrange things
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Persistence
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Achievement/Effort
Technology:
Graphics or photo imaging software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Graphics software
Desktop publishing software
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker
Document management software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Systems Adobe LifeCycle Production Print ES3
Education:
certificate after high school
