United States
6622-Printers
Job Title:
Printers
Job Description:
Printers set up and operate letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, newspaper, instant, digital and offset printing presses.
Tasks:
Loading paper into feeding mechanisms
Linked Education ( CESM Codes ) :
505 - Publishing
Specific Occupations:
662201 - Printing Machinist
Description : Sets up and operates printing machines and presses to print artwork and text on a variety of substrates including paper, textiles, vinyl, metal, plastics and leather.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662202 - Small Offset Lithography Operator
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains small offset printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of substrates, such as paper, paperboard, vinyl and plastic.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Instant Printer Operator, Jobbing Printer, Printer's Assistant, Small Offset Printing Machine Operator
662203 - Screen Printing Technician
Description : Prepares screens, sets up and operates power-driven screen printing equipment on variety of substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
Specializations : Plastic Packaging Screen Printer, Screen Printing Press Operator, Silk Screen Printer
662204 - Paper Sheetfed Offset Lithography Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains lithographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662205 - Metal Sheetfed Offset Lithography Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains sheetfed lithographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on metal substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662206 - Continuous Stationery Printing Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains webfed lithographic offset continuous stationery printing presses to print and in-line finish specified printing jobs on paper substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Business Forms Printer, Continuous Offset Machine Minder, Continuous Stationery Machine Minder
662207 - Monoblock Offset Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains monoblock product forming and offset printing machines to print on metal and plastic products.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662208 - Roll Label Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains roll label printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of paper, plastic and self adhesive substrates by using inline printing and finishing processes.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
Specializations : Label printing Machinist, Narrow-web Flexographic Printing Machine Minder, Roll Label Machine Minder
662209 - Gravure Printing Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains gravure printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Publication Gravure Printing Technician, Packaging Gravure Printing Technician
662210 - Heatset Rotary Offset Lithography Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains webfed heatset lithographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of papersubstrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662211 - Coldset Rotary Offset Lithography Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains webfed coldset lithographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of papersubstrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
662212 - Rotary Printing and Re-reeling Flexographic Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains webfed flexographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of paper and plastic substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
Specializations : Letterpress Machine Minder, Letterpress Printing Machinist, Rotary Printing and Re-reeling Flexographic Machine Minder
662213 - Rotary Printing and Re-reeling Gravure Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains webfed gravure printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of paper and plastic substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
Specializations : Rotary Printing and Re-reeling Gravure Machine Minder
662215 - Stationery Machine Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains stationery and envelope manufacturing and printing machines to produce stationery on a variety of paper substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : Yes
Specializations : Envelope Machine Adjuster, Stationery Machine Adjuster
662216 - Commercial Digital Printer
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains a variety of commercial digital printing equipment to print specified printing jobs on a variety of substrates, such as paper, vinyl and plastic.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Commercial High Volume Laser Printer, Commercial Ink Jet Printer, Digital Printer, Variable Data Printer, Vinyl Printer, Wide Format Digital Printer
662217 - Flexographic Printing Technician
Description : Sets up, operates and maintains flexographic printing presses to print specified printing jobs on a variety of substrates.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Packaging Flexographic Printing Technician, Corrugated Board Printing and Finishing Machine Technician
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Source Of Info:
Source : Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) 2013, Department of Higher Education and Training, Republic of South Africa