Print Finishers and Screen Printers
ANZSCO 3921
3,800
21%
23%
50 yrs
Growing
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.
Salary and some workforce figures are suppressed for this occupation because Jobs and Skills Australia / the ABS do not publish estimates for small populations (typically fewer than 50 employed people) or because the figures have been perturbed for privacy. They are shown as unavailable rather than zero.
About this career
Print Finishers and Screen Printers bind books and other publications, finish printed products by hand and machine, prepare stencils, and set up and operate power-driven and hand-operated screen print equipment.
What they typically do
- Setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment
- Binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings
- Folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand
- Operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units
- Operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes
- Embellishing printed products automatically and manually
- Operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices
- Preparing stencils using computer and hand-cut methods
- Selecting, mixing and matching coloured inks and loading into screen printing presses
- Loading printed items into drying racks, and unloading and stacking dry items
States and territories
Share of workers by location
Qualification pathways
These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Print Finishers and Screen Printers.
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Certificate III in Print Binding, Finishing and Packaging
ICP31320 · AQF 3 · 5 providers