ANZSCO 3922

Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers

Overview

EMPLOYED

2,300

PART-TIME SHARE

0%

FEMALE SHARE

0%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,155

MEDIAN AGE

47

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

0

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Summary

Graphic Pre-Press Trades Workers manipulate, set and compose text and graphics into a format suitable for printing and other visual media.

Tasks

  • Operating graphic cameras and other photographic equipment to reproduce camera-ready copy onto films, plates and digital output devices
  • Using computer applications to generate images, text, layouts and impositions for print and other visual media displays
  • Operating plate making equipment to reproduce images from film to printing plates, digital output devices and presses
  • Operating computer screen-based equipment for scanning, colour separation, colour correction, masking, creative design, combining, imposing, retouching, and other processes used to transfer copy to film and produce film for plate, digital output and cylinder productions
  • Carrying out digital and chemical proofing from digital systems, and negative and positive films
  • Evaluating printed proofs, checking and correcting them for quality
  • Preparing and exposing carbon tissue for laying on cylinders by transfer method, and developing images

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 Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 100% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 40 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,155 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $29 $43

    Industries

    Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers 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

    36.5%

    Victoria

    29.9%

    Queensland

    3.5%

    South Australia

    7.5%

    Tasmania

    4.7%

    Northern Territory

    4.4%

    Australian Capital Territory

    3.7%

    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 Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers All Occupations
    Median age 47 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 0% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers
    15–19 5.2 1.0
    20–24 9.1 3.6
    25–34 22.7 14.0
    35–44 22.3 23.5
    45–54 20.4 32.0
    55–59 8.8 12.2
    60–64 6.5 8.4
    65 and Over 4.9 5.8

    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 Graphic Pre-press Trades Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 4.3
    Bachelor degree 23.2 19.1
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 18.2
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 39.3
    Year 12 15.9 9.3
    Year 11 4.0 2.9
    Year 10 and below 9.7 3.8
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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.