screen making technician

What the work can involve

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.

Editorial note

This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.

Alternative labels

Occupation group

prepress technician (7321.1)

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