9471 – Plateless printing equipment operators
Plateless printing equipment operators operate laser printers, computerized high speed colour copiers and other printing machines to print text, illustrations and designs on a wide variety of materials such as paper, plastic, glass, leather, and metal. They are employed in rapid printing services, newspaper and magazine publishing companies, commercial printing companies and in manufacturing and other establishments that have in-house printing facilities.
Profile
Index of titles
Example titles
Balloon printer
Blueprint blocker
Blueprint developer
Blueprinting machine operator
Box printer – printing
Box, case and lining printer
Box-printing machine operator
Braille duplicator
Braille printer
Braille-impressing machine operator
Colour and large copier operator
Colour copier operator
Colour photocopier operator
Colour photocopy operator
Copy, staple and glue machine operator
Die stamper – printing
Electronic printing machine operator
Electronic sign maker operator
Embossing printer
Embossing-imprinting machine operator
Engraving machine operator – printing
Floorcovering printer
Glove printer
High speed printer operator
Label printer
Laser printer operator
Machine advertising signs printer
Machine marker
Machine shotgun-shell printer
Machine sign printer
Machine sign writer
Offline-printing machine operator
Photocopying machine tender
Plastic printer
Pochoir silk-screen printing machine operator
Printer operator – printing
Printer-slotter operator
Printer-slotter tender
Printing machine operator – printing
Proofsheet approver – printing
Quick print machine operator
Ruling machine operator – printing
Screen print operator
Screen printing machine operator – printing
Shotgun-shell-printing machine tender
Silk-screen printing machine operator
Silk-screen tender – printing
Silk-screening machine operator
Steel die printer
Stencil silk-screen printing machine operator
Tabulating cards printer
Tag-printing machine tender
Tape rule printer
Transfer machine tender – printing
Transfer press operator
Wallpaper printer
Wallpaper sample sheet cutter-marker
Wallpaper sample sheet marker
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Review work order to determine job specifications, such as ink colour and quantity required
Set up and make adjustments to printing machine, such as filling ink or paint reservoirs and loading stock
Input codes and key in programming data on console keyboard of computerized machines
Operate and monitor printing machines during print run and make adjustments as required
Clean machines and replace worn parts.
Employment requirements
Completion of secondary school may be required.
Completion of college or other specialized courses in printing may be required.
On-the-job training is provided.
Exclusions
Printing press operators (7381)
Supervisors, printing and related occupations (7303)
Textile printing machine operators (in 9441 Textile fibre and yarn, hide and pelt processing machine operators and workers)