The Collar360

Digital printer

Other names

digital printer operator, large format digital printer, print operator, digital print operator, digital print machine specialist, digital printer technician, digital and lithographic printer, digital print supervisor, retoucher and printer, graphic designer/digital printer, digital print technician, digital print specialist

Printing and packaging

They run machines that print pages straight from a computer, check the paper and ink, and look at samples for mistakes.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.

  2. 2

    Examine job orders to determine quantities to be printed, stock specifications, colours, or special printing instructions.

  3. 3

    Verify that paper and ink meet the specifications for a given job.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
imprimeur en impression numérique/imprimeuse en impression numérique
español
impresor digital/impresora digital
العربية
عامل الطباعة الرقمية / عاملة الطباعة الرقمية
português
Impressor digital/Impressora digital
Deutsch
Medientechnologe Druck/Medientechnologin Druck
italiano
stampatore digitale/stampatrice digitale

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