About this program
A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to set up, operate, and maintain printing presses.
Career Opportunities
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Printing Press Operators
set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
$40200
No degree required
Personality Match
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Prepress Technicians And Workers
format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
$43370
No degree required
Personality Match
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