The Collar360

Screen printer

Other names

screen print technician, silk-screen printing machine specialist, silk-screen printing machine oeprator, silk-screen printing machine technician, screen printing operator, silk-screen printing operator, silk-screen printer, silk-screen printing machine operator, screen printing machine technician, screen printing machine specialist, screen-printer, silk-screen printing machine worker

Printing and packaging

They set up, run and look after a machine that pushes ink through a screen to print, and check the prints are good.

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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

    Adjust ink fountain flow rates.

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Sources

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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 sérigraphe/imprimeuse sérigraphe
español
serígrafo/serígrafa
العربية
عامل الطباعة بالشاشات / عاملة الطباعة بالشاشات
português
Serigrafista
Deutsch
Siebdrucker/Siebdruckerin
italiano
serigrafo/serigrafa

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