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14112 – Desktop publishing operators and related occupations
Desktop publishing operators and workers in related occupations use computers to enter copy into a typesetting system or operate typesetting output equipment to produce text that is ready to print. They are employed by firms that specialize in typesetting, commercial printing companies, publishing and printing companies and various establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments.
Profile
Example titles
- Braille keyboard operator - typesetting
- Compositor - typesetting
- Computer typesetter
- Copy marker - typesetting
- Desktop compositor
- Desktop publishing (DTP) operator
- Input operator - typesetting
- Markup person - typesetting
- Output operator - typesetting
- Photocomposition typesetter
- Photocompositor
- Phototypesetting machine operator
- Typographer
Inclusions
- Terminal operator
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Operate desktop publishing software and equipment to design, lay out and produce camera-ready copy and may perform pre-flight operator duties
- Mark copy with computer codes and typographic instructions before it is typeset.
- Input copy, codes or commands and subsequent corrections into typesetting device or system
- Operate media conversion equipment to process and format copy transmitted through telecommunications
- Operate and tend typesetting output devices, load and process photosensitive material and perform routine maintenance.
Desktop publishing operators
Typesetting input and output operators
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is required.
- Completion of a college program in graphic arts, or other training in typography, computer typesetting or desktop publishing, is usually required.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory positions is possible through experience.
Exclusions
- File preparation operator; pre-flight operator - printing (in 94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations)
- Graphic arts copy stylist; paste-up artist (in 52111 Graphic arts technicians)
- Graphic designers and illustrators (52120)
- Proofreader (in 14301 Correspondence, publication and regulatory clerks)
- Desktop publishing operators supervisor (in 12010 Supervisors, general office and administrative support workers)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, finance and administration occupations
- TEER
- 4 – Occupations usually require a secondary school diploma; or several weeks of on-the-job training
- Major group
- 14 – Administrative and financial support and supply chain logistics occupations
- Sub-major group
- 141 – Office, court, and data support occupations
- Minor group
- 1411 – Survey, statistical and data entry occupations
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- NOC 2021 Version 1.0