Career Exploration Guide

SOC: 51-5111

Prepress Technician and Workers

Education:		Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

OJT:		Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Tasks:		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.

License:		License not required.

Outlook:		poor

Alabama Employment Outlook

Alabama Wage Data
Hourly Wage		Annual Wage
Entry	$12.64	Entry	$26,301.00
Mean	$17.89	Mean	$37,213.00
Experience	$20.51	Experience	$42,659.00

The data is based on the May 2017 Occupation Employment Survey employment and wage estimate file. The wages have been aged using the most current ECI factors reflecting wages as of June 2018.

Alabama Projections

Estimated Employment 2016	Projected Employment 2026	Annual Average Openings	Annual Growth Rate
300	240	25	-2.2

Related Occupations:

Postsecondary Institutions With Programs:

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Etchers and Engravers

Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators

Log Graders and Scalers

Mapping Technicians

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Precious Metal Workers

Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters

No postsecondary schools reported programs.

Occupational Videos

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Prepress Technicians and Workers