Crafts
Pre-press technician
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: moderate according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −15.4% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Pre-press technicians (ISCO 7321). Pre-press technicians proof, format, set and compose text and graphics into a form suitable for use in various printing processes and representation in other visual media.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
89 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- certified master lithographer
- computer-to-plate operator
- computer-to-plate specialist
- computer-to-plate technician
- CT technician
- CTP operator
- CTP specialist
- CTP worker
- designer & typesetter
- designer and typesetter
- digital pre-press operator
- digital typesetter
- document scanner
- document scanning operator
- document scanning specialist
- electronic pre-press operator
- electronic prepress operator
- etcher and engraver
- graphic designer & typesetter
- graphic designer and typesetter
- graphics technician
- imagesetter
- imagesetter engineer
- imagesetter technician
- lithographer
- lithographer and digital printer
- lithographic operator
- lithographic printer
- master printer/lithography
- metal lithographer
- offset lithographer
- phototypesetter engineer
- phototypesetter operator
- phototypesetter technician
- phototypesetting machine engineer
- phototypesetting machine operator
- phototypesetting machine technician
- plate worker
- platesetter operator
- platesetter specialist
- platesetter technician
- pre-press artworker
- pre-press proofer
- prelim/prepress Operator
- prepress engineer
- prepress operator
- prepress specialist
- prepress technician
- prepress technologist
- prepress worker
- press preparation engineer
- press preparation specialist
- press preparation technician
- press preparation technologist
- press preparation worker
- production typesetter
- proof-press operator
- proof-press specialist
- proof-press technician
- proofer
- rotary engraver
- scanner operator
- scanner specialist
- scanner technician
- scanner tender
- scanner worker
- scanning clerk
- scanning machine operator
- scanning machine tender
- scanning operator
- scanning specialist
- scanning technician
- screen making technician
- silk screen engraver
- silk screen etcher
- textile engraver
- textile engravers
- textile screen maker
- typesetter
- typesetting machine operative
- typesetting machine operator
- typesetting machine specialist
- typesetting machine technician
- typesetting machine worker
- typesetting operative
- typesetting operator
- typesetting specialist
- typesetting technician
- typesetting worker
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.