Education:
39%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
23%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Prepress Technicians & Workers
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
Postsecondary nondegree award
Salary
High:
$62,270.00
Average:
$44,880.00
Hourly
Average:
$21.58
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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96% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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84% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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78% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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77% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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77% | Stress Tolerance - Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. | |
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75% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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74% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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73% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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71% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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71% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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71% | Innovation - Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. | |
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66% | Analytical Thinking - Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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89% | Realistic - Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services. | |
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78% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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61% | Support - Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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69% | Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
Enter commands, instructions, or specifications into equipment.
Program equipment to perform production tasks.
Clean production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Repair production equipment or tools.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Examine condition of property or products.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Drill holes in parts, equipment, or materials.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Mix ingredients to create specific finishes.
Mix substances to create chemical solutions.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Select production equipment according to product specifications.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Operate digital imaging equipment.
Edit documents.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
Inspected printed materials or other images to verify quality.
Operate photographic developing or print production equipment.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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98% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? | |
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92% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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91% | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate - How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? | |
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91% | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled - How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? | |
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87% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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84% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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80% | Spend Time Sitting - How much does this job require sitting? | |
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77% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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74% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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74% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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71% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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68% | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks - How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? | |
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66% | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions - How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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90% | Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | |
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83% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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79% | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. | |
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79% | Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. | |
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79% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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75% | Thinking Creatively - Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. | |
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69% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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66% | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |