Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers
ANZSCO 3922
1,300
45 yrs
Declining
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
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Courses linked to this job include Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production.
Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.
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About this career
Graphic Pre-Press Trades Workers manipulate, set and compose text and graphics into a format suitable for printing and other visual media.
What they typically do
- Operating graphic cameras and other photographic equipment to reproduce camera-ready copy onto films, plates and digital output devices
- Using computer applications to generate images, text, layouts and impositions for print and other visual media displays
- Operating plate making equipment to reproduce images from film to printing plates, digital output devices and presses
- Operating computer screen-based equipment for scanning, colour separation, colour correction, masking, creative design, combining, imposing, retouching, and other processes used to transfer copy to film and produce film for plate, digital output and cylinder productions
- Carrying out digital and chemical proofing from digital systems, and negative and positive films
- Evaluating printed proofs, checking and correcting them for quality
- Preparing and exposing carbon tissue for laying on cylinders by transfer method, and developing images
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Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers.
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Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production
ICP31420 · AQF 3 · 7 providers