Prepress Staff
Job description
These individuals perform tasks to prepare the files and equipment necessary for printing (plate preparation, conformity checks, proof production, etc.).
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Equipment, machinery, tools
- Hazardous chemical
- Nontoxic dust
- Falling objects
Main tasks
Graphic Arts Framers
- Install and adjust scanners.
- Convert graphic reproductions and photographs to film.
- Assemble and expose films on printing plates or cylinders.
Cylinder Preparers
- Grind and polish cylinders.
- Install carbon fabric.
- Print or engrave cylinders for photographic presses.
Film Strippers and Assemblers
- Assemble and position films containing all the elements of a print job.
- Produce layered mounts or negatives to prepare printing plates or cylinders.
Platemakers
- Produce plates for various types of presses.
Prepress Technicians
- Process images before printing.
- Plan the layout.
- Modify the shape, size, and position of illustrations and text as required.
Scanner Operators
- Make colour corrections to files.
Prepress Work Equipment Operators
- Evaluate printing details.
- Ensure that the files provided match the specifications before printing.
File Preparation Operators
- Convert data to hard copy.
Photographic Printers
- Prepare proofs (print simulation) to ensure product compliance with requirements.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2023-2027
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Job prospects for 2023-2027
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2022
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 31.9% Female
- 68.1% Male
- 31.9% Female
- 68.1% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
All of Québec
- Non traditional for women
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 32350% of jobs
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NAICS 54156% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 455% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6235% of jobs
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NAICS 515% of jobs
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Others29% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 32350% of jobs
-
NAICS 54156% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 455% of jobs
-
NAICS 621, 622, 6235% of jobs
-
NAICS 515% of jobs
-
Others29% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Secondary
DVS in infographie
Placement rate: 75.6%
12.2% of graduates pursue further studies
College
DCS in infographie en prémédia
Placement rate: 92.3%
Sometimes required
- Knowledge of the existing computerized system is often required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Information processing
- Active listening
- Result evaluation
- Oral expression
- Time management
- Critical thought
- Reading comprehension
- Coordination
- Judgment and decision-making
- Solving complex problems
- Monitoring operations
Abilities
- Near vision
- Colour perception and distinction
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Visualization
- Classification
- Written comprehension
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Information organization
- Selective attention
- Speech clarity
- Control accuracy
- Deductive reasoning
- Perception speed
- Speech recognition
- Processing flexibility
Knowledge and attributes
- Autonomy
- Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
- Capacity to work in a team
- Rigour
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of computer science, digital and electronics
- Assiduity and punctuality
- Commitment to quality
- Timeliness
- Knowledge of design
Interests
- Make, build, install
- Work manually
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Conventional
- People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Official name of the NOC 94151
Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
Job titles
- Digital Printing Technicians
- Scanner operator - printing
- Photoengraver - printing
- Screenmaker
- Prepress technician
- Platemaker
- Etcher - printing
- Assistant newspaper make-up man/woman
- Film assembler
- Negative merger
- Colour separation assistant - scanning
- Camera operator - graphic arts
- Camera operator - printing
- Photogravure camera operator - printing
- Colour separation camera operator
- Colour separation camera operator - printing
- Offset platemaker
- Electrotyper and platemaker
- Paper-plate maker
- Photopolymer platemaker
- Lithographic platemaker
- Photoengraving platemaker
- Etching corrector
- Plate processor - printing
- Silkscreen assembler - printing
- Alignment examiner - printing
- Flexible-plate hand engraver
- Film sizer
- Electrotyper - printing
- Automated letterer-engraver
- Engraver-letterer
- Engraver-transferrer
- Platemaking etcher
- Pantographer - printing
- Printing plate engraver
- Flexible plate engraver
- Roller engraver - printing
- Printing cylinder engraver
- Template engraver
- Picture engraver - printing
- Siderographer - printing
- Copper engraver - camera and platemaking
- Gravure printer - prepress
- Contact printer
- Flexographic mounter-proofer
- Flexible printing plate mounter
- Flexographic printing cylinder assembler
- Printing plate moulder
- File preparation operator
- Colour separation operator
- Image processing operator
- Pre-flight operator - printing
- Electrostatic camera operator
- Halftone camera operator - printing
- Graphic arts camera operator
- Plate processor operator - printing
- Image setter operator
- Cylinder-impresser operator
- Opticopy machine operator - printing
- Colour separation electronic scanning machine operator
- Colour scanner operator - printing
- Laser beam colour scanner operator
- Colour correction scanning machine operator
- Opticopy keypunch operator - printing
- Step and repeat camera operator
- Image reproduction machine operator
- Image-processing system operator
- Studio-image-processing system operator
- Colour-editing terminal operator - printing
- Preprint-coating machine tender
- Electronic engraver
- Clamper - camera and platemaking
- Electroplating tank tender
- Plate grainer - printing
- Plate-graining machine tender
- Printing plate presensitizer tender
- Processor - printing
- Film stripper-assembler
- Film stripper and layout specialist - printing
- Film stripper
- Monochrome plate film stripper
- Photoengraving etcher - printing
- Copperplate photoengraver
- Copper photoengraver
- Colour edition preparer - printing
- Opticopy program tape preparer - printing
- Lithographic plate preparer
- Cylinder preparer - printing
- Carbon tissue cylinder preparer - printing
- Stencil preparer
- Opticopy offline programmer - printing
- Pantograph setter
- Print roller repairer
- Transferrer
- Print transferrer - printing
- Plate finisher - printing
- Photoengraving finisher
- Negative spotter - printing
- Photoengraving retoucher - printing
- Dot etcher
- Film stripper specialist - printing
- Stereotyper
- Stripper-image assembler - printing
- Stripper-layout specialist - printing
- Stripper - printing
- Colour printer-technician - photographic processing
- Rotogravure cylinder technician
- Electronic prepress technician
- Rotogravure press technician
- Bright type processor
- Proofmaker
- Tracer-transferrer
- Stager - printing
- Cylinder painter - printing
Skill type
Manufacturing and utilities
Last update: February 14, 2024