ANZSCO 3921

Print Finishers and Screen Printers

Overview

EMPLOYED

3,000

PART-TIME SHARE

31%

FEMALE SHARE

47%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,298

MEDIAN AGE

48

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

-300

About this data

Summary

Print Finishers and Screen Printers bind books and other publications, finish printed products by hand and machine, prepare stencils, and set up and operate power-driven and hand-operated screen print equipment.

Tasks

  • Setting up and supervising the operation of automatic binding and finishing equipment
  • Binding full, half and limp-bound books, and repairing bindings
  • Folding, collating and sewing signatures by machine and hand
  • Operating paper guillotines for pre-press and post-press paper cutting and trimming, and programming electronically operated units
  • Operating systems to insert printed material into newspapers, magazines and envelopes
  • Embellishing printed products automatically and manually
  • Operating photographic and electronic reproduction devices
  • Preparing stencils using computer and hand-cut methods
  • Selecting, mixing and matching coloured inks and loading into screen printing presses
  • Loading printed items into drying racks, and unloading and stacking dry items

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report.
    Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Print Finishers and Screen Printers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 69% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 40 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,298 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $31 $43

    Industries

    Print Finishers and Screen Printers work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    23.9%

    Victoria

    28.2%

    Queensland

    17.0%

    South Australia

    12.8%

    Tasmania

    2.8%

    Northern Territory

    2.6%

    Australian Capital Territory

    2.6%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Print Finishers and Screen Printers All Occupations
    Median age 48 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 47% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Print Finishers and Screen Printers
    15–19 5.2 1.7
    20–24 9.1 5.7
    25–34 22.7 13.9
    35–44 22.3 19.1
    45–54 20.4 28.2
    55–59 8.8 14.3
    60–64 6.5 11.0
    65 and Over 4.9 6.1

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Print Finishers and Screen Printers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 0.9
    Bachelor degree 23.2 8.0
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 7.8
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 38.1
    Year 12 15.9 19.7
    Year 11 4.0 6.2
    Year 10 and below 9.7 14.9
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.