Printing technologist
Printing technologist is an apprenticeship that takes four years to complete. The profession used to be called printer and also had a four-year apprenticeship. Due to the increasingly closer occupations of printer and polygraph , the profession was renamed printing technologist in 2003 with a four-year apprenticeship. The main tasks of the printing technologist are: setting up the printing machine, monitoring the smooth production run and permanent quality assurance of the run.
education
Training in Germany
The apprenticeship as a printer was modernized in 2010 and came into force in 2011 as a media technologist for printing with a three-year training period.
Training in Switzerland
The profession is divided into various fields.
| Subject area | Manufacturing |
| Sheet-fed offset printer | Brochures, brochures, flyers, posters, office stationery ... |
| Web offset printer | Newspapers, advertisements ... |
| Screen printer | T-shirt, sticker ... |
| Reprograph | Data handling, digital printing, plotting of CAD plans and posters, equipping, sales ... |
| Flexo printer | Packaging industry |
| Gravure printer | Catalogs |
| Book printer | "outdated" |
requirement
- Secondary school diploma or good secondary school diploma
- Aptitude test by Viscom is required at some companies
- Technically gifted, good understanding of physical and technical processes
- Precise and concentrated work
- Safe color distinction
- Striking power of observation
- Quick responsiveness
- Sense of responsibility
- Teamwork
Flexo printers have a 3-year training period and then carry the designation "Flexo printer / in EFZ".
further education
Further education in Switzerland
Passing the final apprenticeship examination gives entitlement to the federal certificate of proficiency as a "trained printing technologist".
Attending the vocational school is possible during or after the apprenticeship.
Further education are:
- Operations specialist (in preparation)
- Print clerk / man
- Dipl. Printer in the printing industry
- Technician TS
- Engineer FH
Web links
Germany:
- Media Technologist / -technologin pressure in Berufenet the Federal Employment Agency
Switzerland:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training - BiBB on printing technologists ( memento from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 13, 2011.