imagesetter
ISCO: 7321. Skills: 52. Essential: 28.
Essential skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- align content with form
- apply desktop publishing techniques
- arrange printer sheets
- follow safety precautions in printing
- GIMP (graphics editor software)
- graphic design
- graphics editor software
- interpret illustration needs
- lay out digital written content
- Microsoft Visio
- operate digital printers
- operate imagesetter
- operate printing machinery
- output electronic files
- prepare imposition
- print stripping
- printing materials
- printing techniques
- produce prepress proof
- quality standards
- reprography
- SketchBook Pro
- Synfig
- typesetting machines
- typography
- use typesetting software
Supporting skills
- communicate with customers
- create digital images
- develop film
- digitise documents
- follow work schedule
- inspect printing output
- maintain lithographic printing plates
- maintenance of printing machines
- operate scanner
- perform image editing
- prepare films for printing plates
- prepress processes
- printed goods processes
- printing media
- printing plate making
- proofread text
- publishing industry
- reduce dots
- reproduce documents
- set colour profiles
- track changes in text editing
- use a telecine
- use colour printing programs
- use word processing software