Lithographer
Code 7321.1.2
Lithographers make and prepare metal plates to be used as the original in various printing processes and media. Plates are usually laser-etched from digital sources with computer-to-plate technology, but can also be made by applying types of emulsions to the printing plate.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- printing plate making
- photoengraving
- offset printing
- quality standards
- print stripping
- printing materials
- screen printing inks
- printing techniques
Skills and competences
- scale copies
- set scanner controls
- ink printing plates
- perform image editing
- operate laser plate maker machine
- maintain lithographic printing plates
- mix ink
- prepare colour mixtures
- prepare printing form
- prepare films for printing plates
- follow safety precautions in printing
- follow production schedule
Transversal competences
- read job ticket instructions
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences