Vocational Programs for Prepress Technicians and Workers Career

The role of Prepress Technicians and Workers is to format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $46,540 and $22 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Prepress Technicians and Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 23,590 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Prepress Technicians and Workers is $1,600. The average length of the programs is 818 hours and the average completion time is 8.25 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Prepress Technicians and Workers Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Prepress Technicians and Workers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Prepress Technicians and Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Graphic Communications	23	$27,188	-	1,035 Hours	10.50 Months
Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design	98	$1,600	$300	600 Hours	6.00 Months
Graphic and Printing Equipment Operator	27	$13,299	-	-	-
Platemaker/Imager	4	-	-	-	-
Printing Press Operator	1	$18,372	-	-	-
Computer Typography and Composition Equipment Operator	2	-	-	-	-
Graphic Communications (other)	5	$20,388	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Prepress Technicians and Workers Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Prepress Technicians and Workers.

Related Occupations toPrepress Technicians and Workers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
	-	-	-
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	20,680	$73,110	$35
Desktop Publishers	5,220	$57,680	$28
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	27,960	$39,600	$19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	413K	$63,690	$31
Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers	2,540	$58,870	$28
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	63,370	$45,440	$22
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	75,260	$44,450	$21
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	13,990	$50,020	$24
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic	2,150	$54,550	$26
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	128K	$43,990	$21
Tool and Die Makers	58,150	$62,020	$30
Printing Press Operators	151K	$44,450	$21
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	38,880	$40,860	$20
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	10,700	$44,050	$21
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	5,770	$41,900	$20
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers	28,030	$67,650	$33
Etchers and Engravers	8,140	$42,780	$21
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	96,460	$48,910	$24
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	44,500	$41,000	$20

Schools offering vocational programs for Prepress Technicians and Workers

The following 136 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Prepress Technicians and Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.