The Collar360

Prepress operator

Other names

pre-press artworker, digital pre-press operator, proof-press technician, electronic pre-press operator, proof-press operator, electronic prepress operator, pre-press proofer, proof-press specialist, proofer, prelim/prepress Operator

Printing and packaging

They make sample pages that show how a print job will look, and check that words, pictures and colours are right.

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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

    Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.

  2. 2

    Proofread and perform quality control of text and images.

  3. 3

    Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.

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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
opérateur de prépresse/opératrice de prépresse
español
operador de preprensa/operadora de preprensa
العربية
مشغل ما قبل الطباعة / مشغلة ما قبل الطباعة
português
Operador de pré-impressão/Operadora de pré-impressão
Deutsch
Druckvorstufen-Mitarbeiter/Druckvorstufen-Mitarbeiterin
italiano
operatore di prestampa/operatrice di prestampa

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