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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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< Printing occupations >

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Printing occupations

Bookbinders and bindery workers

Most bookbinders and bindery workers train on the job.
Employment is expected to decline, reflecting increasingly productive bindery operations, changing business practices, and competition from imports.
Opportunities for hand bookbinders are limited because only a small number of establishments do this highly specialized work.

Prepress technicians and workers

Most workers train on the job; some complete formal graphics arts programs or other postsecondary programs in printing technology.
Most employers prefer to hire workers with experience in the printing industry.
Employment is projected to decline as the increased use of computers in typesetting and page layout eliminates many prepress jobs.

Printing machine operators

Most are trained informally on the job.
Employment growth will be slowed by the increasing use of new, more efficient computerized printing presses that will facilitate movement towards printing-on-demand.
Opportunities should be best for persons who qualify for formal apprenticeship training or who complete postsecondary training programs in printing.

Printing workers, all other

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