Printers
Wages
New workers start around £11,664. Normal pay is £26,781 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £39,726.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 20,389 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?
Keeps production records.
Maintains, adjusts, repairs and cleans machine.
Produces, transfers and outputs digital print images.
Dips wooden pattern block into colour tray and lays different colours on top of, and adjacent to, others to form the required pattern.
Operates squeegee by hand or machine to press colour through screen.
Pours colour into machine or directly on to screen and positions screen over item.
Starts or directs start of printing run and monitors machine to ensure that printing proceeds smoothly.
Prints and examines proof copies and adjusts press as necessary.
Mixes and loads inks and solvents, loads paper and regulates during print run.
Positions form or plate on machine, checks alignments and sets press.
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.