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Snapshot before the quality program (relevance gates, tiered mapping, QA linter). v1 is the immutable before/after reference; evidence crawl was at ~175/3039 occupations when tagged. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PDKeXvpT6tENSvyQGLV1Uq
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name: prepress-operator
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'prepress operator' (also: pre-press artworker, digital pre-press operator, proof-press technician, electronic pre-press operator, proof-press operator, electronic prepress operator). Use when the user asks for typical prepress operator work such as: typical prepress operator responsibilities"
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# Prepress Operator
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Prepress operators create a prepress proof or sample of what the finished product is expected to look like. They monitor printing quality, ensuring that graphics, colors and content meet the required quality and technical standards.
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## Core workflow
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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## Key competences (essential)
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- Adobe Illustrator
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- Adobe Photoshop
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- arrange printer sheets
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- follow a brief
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- follow safety precautions in printing
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- GIMP (graphics editor software)
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- graphics editor software
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- inspect printing output
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- interpret illustration needs
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- lay out digital written content
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- Microsoft Visio
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- operate printing machinery
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- perform image editing
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- prepress processes
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- printing techniques
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## Hot technologies
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- Adobe Acrobat
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- Adobe Creative Cloud software
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- Adobe Illustrator
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- Adobe InDesign
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- Adobe Photoshop
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Microsoft Word
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/cf578f1d-1832-4a4d-a3b2-e0a00517b51d), O*NET 30.3 (51-5111.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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