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Specialties and career as a graphic technician

Where can the trade take you?

The graphics industry is broader than many think. Printed products are everywhere: books, magazines, packaging, signs, labels and advertisements. As a graphics technician, you can work with many different types of products and machines.

§Different directions

AreaWhat you do
Book and magazine printingLarge print runs with high and uniform quality
Packaging and labelsPrinting on cardboard, foil and special materials
Digital printingSmall runs and personal printing without printing plates
Large formatBanners, signs and posters
Post-processingTrimming folding binding and rebinding

§The industry in development

The machines you operate

§Your path forward

With the journeyman's certificate you can work in printing houses of many sizes — from the small digital printer to the large industrial company. You can specialise in a particular machine type or in finishing and with experience you can become operator on the most advanced machines or manager of a production.

  • 01Keep up with new printing technology and automation.
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  • 03Learn about sustainable materials and processes.
  • 04Be thorough with quality — that is your most important sales argument.