Reprographics technician jobs in Finland
Reprographics technicians are responsible for the full or partial process of reproduction of graphical documents through mechanical-driven or digital means, such as photography, scanning or digital printing. These activities are commonly performed for purposes of maintaining archives or other structured catalogues.
Reprographics technician – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 17.65 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 13.63 €/h |
| Top tenth | 24.09 €/h |
| Employees | 1,606 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 15.94 €/h | 368 |
| Men | 18.06 €/h | 1,238 |
Reprographics technician - Which skills are essential?
The process of reproducing, reprinting, or copying graphic material especially by mechanical or electronic means such as photography or xerography.
Load and handle the material to be scanned safely and make sure that the scanning equipment is clean.
Maintain consistent colour output in digital colour and inkjet printers by running calibration routines and making sure that the colour profiles for the printers are still accurate.
Load analog documents by converting them into a digital format, using specialised hardware and software.
The methods to fix paper materials together and enclose them in a cover such as case binding, sewing, adhesive binding, comb binding, and spiral binding.
The materials, such as paper, film, metal foils, and glass, on which texts or designs can be transferred by applying ink through direct pressure or with intermediate rollers.
Reproduce documents such as reports, posters, booklets, brochures, and catalogues for a range of audiences.
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Apply safety and health principles, policies and institutional regulations of working in printing production. Protect oneself and others against such hazards as chemicals used in printing, invasive allergens, heat, and disease causing agents.
Operate machinery for various types of printed documents, adjusting the font, paper size, and weight. This allows ascenders and descenders to be correctly placed.
Ensure the machine is fed the necessary and adequate materials and control the placement or automatic feed and retrieval of work pieces in the machines or machine tools on the production line.
Produce scanned images that satisfy different categories and are free of potential defects.
Handle inkjet and laser printers, allowing the operator to print documents in a single 'pass'. Download or print the digital files to the digital printing machine using the correct machine and print download settings so that the correct fonts and substrates are used and the output meets the specifications and required quality standards.
Set up and operate scanner equipment and its hard- and software.
Possess the ability to work with the standard programs contained in Microsoft Office at a capable level. Create a document and do basic formatting, insert page breaks, create headers or footers, and insert graphics, create automatically generated tables of contents and merge form letters from a database of addresses (usually in Excel). Create auto-calculating spreadsheets, create images, and sort and filter data tables.
Scan images into computers for editing, storage, and electronic transmission.
Reprographics technician - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Ensure that access to personal or institutional data conforms to the legal and ethical framework governing such access.
Respond to and communicate with customers in the most efficient and appropriate manner to enable them to access the desired products or services, or any other help they may require.
Set up the binder machine, which forms, inserts, trims, and fastens binding in covers of paper goods like booklets, pamphlets, and notebooks.
Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.
Plan, monitor and report on the budget.
Interpret and meet requirements and expectations, as discussed and agreed upon with the customers.
Identify operating problems, decide what to do about it and report accordingly.
The techniques and processes to reproduce text and images using a master form or template such as letterpress printing, gravure, and laser printing.
Evaluate how much stock is used and determine what should be ordered.
Select and oversee implementation of relevant printing processes, necessary tools, and colours.
Perform regular maintenance, possibly including corrections and alterations, on a machine or machine tool to ensure it remains in a proper productive state.
The processes that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing, such as copyediting, proofing, proofreading and others.
Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.
Edit various types of images such as analogue and digital photographs or illustrations.
Verify that the printing output is satisfactory using various methods such as visual verification, use of spectrophotometers or densitometers. The problems that might occur include misregisters or colour variation.
Lay out pages by selecting sizes, styles and entering text and graphics into computer systems.
Maintain required company records and forms in order to report any defective materials or questionable conditions of manufacturing machinery and equipment.
Use machines or manual techniques to remove the covering holding paper pages together in order to replace it, repair it or to scan its contents.
Upkeep procedures and technical working of machines that produce printed graphical material.
Legislation describing the protection of the rights of original authors over their work, and how others can use it.