Prepress Technician

Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years
**Work setting**:

- Commercial or in-house printers
**Tasks**:

- Assemble and position, either using automated equipment or by hand, pieces of film to produce flats or composite negatives for preparing printing plates or cylinders
- Make colour separations and corrections from colour copy or transparencies for use in preparing film, digital files, printing plates or cylinders
- Operate computerized scanning machines or digital cameras
- Operate various computer-controlled studio systems to perform colour separation, retouching and editing that allow changes to be made to a colour negative for printing purposes
- Plan page layouts and electronically alter shape, size and positions of illustrations and text
**Computer and technology knowledge**:

- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Repetitive tasks
- Manual dexterity
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Team player
**Screening questions**:

- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- Do you have the above-indicated required certifications?
**Health benefits**:

- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
**Long term benefits**:

- Pension plan
**Other benefits**:

- Team building opportunities
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week