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
| Area | What you do |
|---|---|
| Book and magazine printing | Large print runs with high and uniform quality |
| Packaging and labels | Printing on cardboard, foil and special materials |
| Digital printing | Small runs and personal printing without printing plates |
| Large format | Banners, signs and posters |
| Post-processing | Trimming 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.