Printing Machine Assistants
Wages
New workers start around £17,458. Normal pay is £25,604 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £39,387.
Available jobs
In the past year there were 8,644 vacancies for this type of job
Projected job growth over the next 8 years
Related courses
People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.
What they do most days?
Sets and operates presses for stamping patterns and labels on textiles, clothing, pottery, footwear and other leather goods.
Sets and operates machines for cutting paper to specified dimensions or for folding or binding to produce finished paper items.
Carries out routine maintenance and cleaning of printing machine.
Starts reprographic or printing machine and monitors operation for paper misfeeds and error messages, removes blockages and replaces damaged paper, and monitors quality of output.
Loads photocopiers, office printers, duplication machines and other reprographic equipment with stationery.
Sets controls to control the speed, pressure and ink flow of printing machine.
Positions printing plates, loads inks into reservoirs and loads paper rolls or sheets into printing press.
Hard Skills
Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.
Soft Skills
Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.
Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.