Pre-press Technicians
Wages
New workers start around £11,479. Normal pay is £26,288 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £38,677.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 2,731 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Arranges and pastes printing material onto paper ready for photographing.
Processes filmsetting or desktop publishing output to produce image on film and transfers to printing plates and digital output.
Examines proof copies, checks for quality and accuracy and makes any necessary alterations.
Scans and retouches digital images to create sample proofs, plans and lays out artwork to match planned design.
Uses computer applications to generate images and text.
Determines from specification the kind and size of type to be used.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.