Description
Prepares stencils, and sets up and operates power-driven or hand-operated screen print equipment.
Skill Level
3
Alternative Titles
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Specializations
- Screen Printing Stencil Preparer
- Textiles Printer
Skills Assessment Authority
Caveats
Group: 3921 Print Finishers and Screen Printers
Description
bind books and other publications, finish printed products by hand and machine, prepare stencils, and set up and operate power-driven and hand-operated screen print equipment.
Tasks
- setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment
- binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings
- folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand
- operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units
- operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes
- embellishing printed products automatically and manually
- operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices
- preparing stencils using computer and hand-cut methods
- selecting, mixing and matching coloured inks and loading into screen printing presses
- loading printed items into drying racks, and unloading and stacking dry items
Skill Level
Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.