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K - knowledge
L - language skills and knowledge
S - skills
S1 - communication, collaboration and creativity
S2 - information skills
S3 - assisting and caring
S4 - management skills
S5 - working with computers
S6 - handling and moving
S7 - constructing
S8 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
S8.0 - working with machinery and specialised equipment
S8.1 - operating mobile plant
S8.2 - driving vehicles
S8.3 - operating watercraft
S8.4 - operating machinery for the extraction and processing of raw materials
S8.5 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
S8.5.0 - operating machinery for the manufacture of products
S8.5.1 - operating painting or coating machinery
S8.5.2 - operating packaging machinery
S8.5.3 - operating machinery for the manufacture and treatment of textiles, fur and leather products
S8.5.4 - operating food processing machinery
S8.5.5 - operating mixing and separating machinery
S8.5.6 - operating print and photographic production equipment
- adjust paper stitching machine
- adjust rotogravure press
- arrange printer sheets
- engrave patterns
- enlarge negatives
- ink printing plates
- maintain lithographic printing plates
- manage offset printing process
- manage process of flexographic print
- monitor cigarette stamp machine
- mount photographic film in processing machine
- operate binder machine
- operate collating machine
- operate creasing machinery
- operate electric embossing press
- operate flexographic printing machine
- operate imagesetter
- operate laminating machine
- operate laser plate maker machine
- operate letterpress
- operate manual embossing press
- operate monogram-printing device
- operate offset printing machine
- operate paper stitching machine
- operate perforating machine
- operate record press
- operate rotary press
- operate scanner
- operate screen printing press
- perforate printed media
- perform pill branding
- prepare documents for scanning
- prepare equipment for textile printing
- prepare films for printing plates
- prepare imposition
- prepare offset printing machine
- prepare printing form
- prepare screen printing
- reduce dots
- remove film negatives from processing machine
- reproduce documents
- scale copies
- scale etchings
- scan negatives
- set colour profiles
- soak film in water
- stamp refractory products
- stamp V-belts
- tend belt branding machine
- tend cigar stamp machine
- tend stamping press
- use colour printing programs
S8.5.7 - operating metal, plastic or rubber forming equipment
S8.5.8 - operating cutting, grinding and smoothing machinery
S8.6 - using precision instrumentation and equipment
S8.7 - installing, maintaining and repairing mechanical equipment
S8.8 - installing, maintaining and repairing electrical, electronic and precision equipment
S8.9 - operating aircraft
T - transversal skills and competences

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operate printing machinery

skills

working with machinery and specialised equipment

operating machinery for the manufacture of products

operating print and photographic production equipment

operate printing machinery

Concept overview

Description

Operate machinery for various types of printed documents, adjusting the font, paper size, and weight. This allows ascenders and descenders to be correctly placed.

Alternative Labels

activate printing machinery

control printing machinery

handle printing machinery

operate printing machines

operating printing machinery

run printing machinery

use printing machinery

Skill type

skill

Skill reusability level

sector specific skills and competences

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Broader concepts

Narrower skills

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DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission developed ESCO in collaboration with stakeholders and with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop).

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Current version: ESCO v1.2 (Last update 15/05/2024)