Prepress Technicians and Workers
Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications · Printing Technology
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $31,770; experienced workers reach $57,000. About 110 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +12.4%
- Openings a year
- 22
- Employed in 2024
- 145
Typical entry education: Postsecondary nondegree award
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
No program is mapped to this career yet. Many careers start from a transfer pre-major or a related program.
Browse all programsSkills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Speaking3.1
- Active Listening3.0
- Critical Thinking3.0
- Monitoring3.0
- Time Management2.8
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Operations Monitoring3.0
- Coordination2.9
What the work is
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
- Enter, store, and retrieve information on computer-aided equipment.
- Enter, position, and alter text size, using computers, to make up and arrange pages so that printed materials can be produced.
- Maintain, adjust, and clean equipment, and perform minor repairs.
- Operate and maintain laser plate-making equipment that converts electronic data to plates without the use of film.
- Generate prepress proofs in digital or other format to approximate the appearance of the final printed piece.
- Proofread and perform quality control of text and images.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less41%
- Certificate9%
- Some college21%
- Associate degree23%
- Bachelor's degree5%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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