Employment Percentage
-74.52681388
SOC ID
51-5111
SOC Title
Prepress Technicians and Workers
ONET ID
51-5111.00
ONET Concat ID
51511100
Median Salary
42464.97
Ed Level High School
41.48
Ed Level Certificate
9.47
Ed Level Some College
20.65
Ed Level Associates
23.190001
Ed Level Bachelors
5.2
Ed Level Masters
0
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
Core Tasks
- Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.
- Proofread and perform quality control of text and images.
- Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
- Perform "preflight" check of required font, graphic, text and image files to ensure completeness prior to delivery to printer.
- Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film.
- Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment.
- Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment, and perform minor repairs.
Start Annual Earnings
26977.54
Top Annual Earnings
63927.2
EMSI Career Title Slug
prepress-technician-and-worker