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73401 – Printing press operators
Printing press operators set up and operate sheet and web-fed presses to print text, illustrations and designs on a wide variety of materials such as paper, plastic, glass, leather and metal. They are employed by commercial printing companies; newspapers, magazines, and other publishing companies; and establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Apprentice press operator
- Apprentice press operator - printing
- Apprentice pressman/woman
- Apprentice pressman/woman - printing
- Apprentice printing press operator
- Assistant press operator - printing
- Assistant pressman/woman
- Assistant pressman/woman - printing
- Commercial press operator
- Cylinder press operator - printing
- Cylinder press set-up operator
- Cylinder pressman/woman - printing
- Cylinder printing press set-up operator
- First press operator - printing
- First pressman/woman
- First pressman/woman - printing
- Flat-bed press set-up operator
- Flexographic press adjuster
- Flexographic press operator
- Flexographic press set-up technician - printing
- Flexographic pressman/woman
- Gravure press operator
- Gravure pressman/woman
- Gravure printer - printing
- Gravure printing press operator
- Gravure proof press operator - printing
- Gravure proof puller - printing
- Gravure proof wallpaper puller
- Ink evaluation and press operator - printing
- Ink evaluation pressman/woman - printing
- Intaglio printer - printing
- Intaglio printing press operator
- Job printer
- Letterpress operator - printing
- Letterpress proof press operator - printing
- Letterpress proof puller - printing
- Lithographic offset proofer
- Lithographic offset proofing hand
- Lithographic press operator - printing
- Lithographic pressman/woman - printing
- Lithographic printer
- Newspaper press operator
- Newspaper pressman/woman
- Offset lithographic proof press operator - printing
- Offset machine operator
- Offset press operator
- Offset press operator - printing
- Offset pressman/woman - printing
- Offset printer
- Photoengraved plate proof press operator - printing
- Photoengraved plate proof puller - printing
- Plastic sheet offset press operator
- Platen press operator - printing
- Platen press tender
- Press operator - printing
- Pressman/woman - printing
- Printer
- Printing press assistant operator
- Printing press operator
- Printing technologist
- Proof press operator
- Proof press operator - printing
- Proof pressman/woman - printing
- Proofer - printing
- Proofing hand - printing
- Proofing press operator
- Rotary offset press operator
- Rotary press operator
- Rotogravure press operator - printing
- Rotogravure pressman/woman - printing
- Rotoprinter - printing
- Senior press operator - printing
- Senior pressman/woman - printing
- Sheet metal lithographic press operator
- Sheet metal lithographic pressman/woman
- Thermographic printer
- Wallpaper gravure proof press operator
- Wallpaper rotogravure press operator
- Web press operator - printing
- Web pressman/woman - printing
- Apprentice pressman/woman
- Assistant pressman/woman
- First pressman/woman
- Flexographic press operator
- Offset press operator
- Printing press operator
- Rotogravure pressman/woman - printing
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Review job orders to determine job specifications such as production time, colour sequence and quantities required, and advise press crew of these specifications
- Mount plates or cylinders and make necessary adjustments
- Fill ink fountains and take measurements, make adjustments and determine settings to control colour and viscosity
- Set up press and check samples for ink coverage, alignment and registration
- Monitor regular press runs for quality and consistency using computer control console and make adjustments as required
- Remove and clean plates and cylinders at end of press run
- Direct activities of press crew and ensure that safety procedures are adhered to.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a college program in printing technology or a combination of on-the-job training and specialized high school, college or industry courses is usually required.
- Trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Québec.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions, such as pressroom supervisor, is possible with experience.
Exclusions
- Screen printing artisan (in 53124 Artisans and craftspersons)
- Supervisors, printing and related occupations (72022)
- Textile printer (in 94130 Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers)
- Laser printer operator; Printing machine operator; Colour and large copier operator (in 94150 Plateless printing equipment operators)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 7 – Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations
- TEER
- 3 – Occupations usually require a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years; or more than six months of on-the-job training
- Major group
- 73 – General trades
- Sub-major group
- 734 – Operators, drillers and blasters
- Minor group
- 7340 – Operators, drillers and blasters
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- NOC 2021 Version 1.0