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Overview
Screen making technicians prepare equipment for textile printing, work with screens, textile materials and printing techniques, and support the operation of textile screen-printing machines.
In job descriptions, look for screen printing equipment, textile printing technology, engraving, etching, fabric cutting, textile materials, automated equipment controls, maintenance, textile testing and health and safety.
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Screen making technicians prepare screens and printing equipment before textile designs reach the press. Work can include engraving, etching, checking textile materials, maintaining automated controls and supporting screen-printing machines.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes textile printing technology, printing techniques, screen-printing equipment, textile material properties, equipment maintenance, fabric cutting, textile testing, textile chemistry and health and safety.
Salary context
Salary context depends on print complexity, textile materials, screen preparation accuracy, automated equipment, testing duties, maintenance responsibility, production pace and quality demands for repeated designs.
Career paths
Career paths can move toward textile printing operator, prepress technician, screen-printing specialist, textile quality technician, equipment maintenance support or production coordination.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name engraving, etching, screens, textile printing machines, fabric cutting, automated controls, textile testing, textile chemistry, maintenance and health-and-safety routines.
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This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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O*NET relationships: 1
Etchers and Engravers
51-9194.00
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Economic activities linked to this occupation.
28.94Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
Alternative labels
Occupation group
prepress technician (7321.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f5596182-70b2-4c18-97ab-f9405bae0385 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 7321.1.5 |
| ISCO group | 7321 |
| Concept type | Occupation |