Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker – ANZSCO 392211

Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers manipulate, set and compose text and graphics into a format suitable for printing and other visual media.

Skill Level

3

Specialisations

• Desktop Publishing Operator

Skills Assessment Requirement

Unless you are exempt in very limited circumstances, you are required to have a positive Skills Assessment to apply for the visas listed above.

Skills Assessment authority for Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker is Trades Recognition Australia (TRA). To have a positive skills assessment, you must meet the following criteria:

• Must have successfully completed an AQF Qualification either a Certificate III in Print Communications or formal training that is comparable
• Must possess skills that are current to Australian industry standards demonstrated by 12 months full time employment or equivalent part-time in the occupation in the previous three years
• If you have obtained a qualification internationally or an Australian qualification that was not through the Australian Recognition of Learning process, you are required to demonstrate 3 years full time or equivalent post-qualification experience
• If you have obtained an Australian qualification issued through the Australian Recognition of Learning process, you are required to demonstrate 3 years full-time or equivalent post-qualification experience OR 6 years full-time or equivalent experience which can be either pre- or post-qualification

Potential Visa Pathways for Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker

Group: 3922 Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers

Description

Manipulate, set and compose text and graphics into a format suitable for printing and other visual media.

Tasks

• Operating graphic cameras and other photographic equipment to reproduce camera-ready copy onto films, plates and digital output devices
• Using computer applications to generate images, text, layouts and impositions for print and other visual media displays
• Operating plate making equipment to reproduce images from film to printing plates, digital output devices and presses
• Operating computer screen-based equipment for scanning, colour separation, colour correction, masking, creative design, combining, imposing, retouching, and other processes used to transfer copy to film and produce film for plate, digital output and cylinder productions
• Carrying out digital and chemical proofing from digital systems, and negative and positive films
• Evaluating printed proofs, checking and correcting them for quality
• Preparing and exposing carbon tissue for laying on cylinders by transfer method, and developing images

Skill Level

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In Australia:
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

In New Zealand:
NZ Register Level 4 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)

At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

Occupations in this Group

• 392211 Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker