Handicraft & Printing Workers
Browse professions in handicraft & printing workers, part of the craft & trades career category.
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Jewellery Engraver
Jewellery engravers engrave lettering and ornamental designs onto jewellery articles, using engravers handtools. They sketch and lay out the lettering and designs on the article, …
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Jewellery Mounter
Jewellery mounters create the framework for a piece of jewellery, on which the precious stones are added to later.
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Jewellery Polisher
Jewellery polishers ensure that finished jewellery pieces are cleaned by customer demand or prepared for sale. They may also perform minor repairs. They use either …
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Jewellery Repairer
Jewellery repairers use specialised hand tools to carry out adjustments and repairs to all types of jewellery pieces. They resize rings or necklaces, reset gems, …
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Keyboard Musical Instrument Maker
Keyboard musical instrument makers create and assemble parts to create keyboard instruments according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect …
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Knitter
Knitters create textiles or fabric by knitting pieces of yarn. They use traditional techniques to create interlocking loops of yarn which form a uniform piece …
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Leather Goods Artisanal Worker
Leather goods artisanal workers manufacture leather goods or parts of leather goods by hand according to the specifications of the customer or their own design. …
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Lithographer
Lithographers make and prepare metal plates to be used as the original in various printing processes and media. Plates are usually laser-etched from digital sources …
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Membranophone Musical Instruments Maker
Membranophone musical instruments makers create and assemble parts to make membranophone instruments to specified instructions or diagrams. They stretch and attach the membrane to the …
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Metal Engraver
Metal engravers make incisions of a design onto a metal surface by carving grooves into it, usually for decorative purposes, including metal weaponry. To cut …
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Musical Instrument Technician
Musical instrument technicians maintain, tune and repair musical instruments such as pianos, pipe organs, band instruments, violins and other instruments.
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Offset Printer
Offset printers handle an offset press in order to print an image. The offset press transfers an inked image from the plate to a rubber …
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Optical Instrument Assembler
Optical instrument assemblers read blueprints and assembly drawings to assemble lenses and optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, projection equipment, and medical diagnostic equipment. They …
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Optical Instrument Repairer
Optical instrument repairers repair optical instruments, such as microscopes, telescopes, camera optics, and compasses. They test the instruments to ensure they function properly. In a …
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Organ Builder
Organ builders create and assemble parts to build organs according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.
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Paper Embosing Press Operator
Paper embossing press operators use a press to raise or recess certain areas of the medium, so as to create relief on the print. Two …
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Piano Maker
Piano makers create and assemble parts to make pianos according to specified instructions or diagrams. They sand wood, tune, test and inspect the finished instrument.
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Porcelain Painter
Porcelain painters design and create visual art on porcelain surfaces and objects such as tiles and pottery. They use a variety of techniques to produce …
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Precious Stone Cutter
Precious stone cutters use cutting machines and tools to cut or carve diamonds and other gemstones according to diagrams and patterns while considering different specifications. …
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Precious Stone Setter
Precious stone setters use tools to insert diamonds and other gemstones into jewellery settings according to specifications. The setting of the gemstone depends on its …
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Precision Instrument Assembler
Precision instrument assemblers read blueprints and assembly drawings to assemble precision instruments such as micrometers, gauges, thermostats and utility meters. They collect the different components …
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Prepress Operator
Prepress operators create a prepress proof, or sample of what the finished product will look like. In many printing contracts, the client at this stage …
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Prepress Technician
Prepress technicians prepare printing processes by formatting, setting and composing text and graphics into a suitable form. This includes the capture of text and image …
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Print Folding Operator
Print folding operators tend a machine that folds paper and bundles of paper.
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Printing Textile Technician
Printing textile technicians perform operations related to setting up the printing processes.
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Production Potter
Production potters process and form clay, by hand or by using the wheel, into end-products pottery, stoneware products, earthenware products and porcelain. They introduce the …
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Reprographics Technician
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 …
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Scanning Operator
Scanning operators tend scanners. They feed print materials into the machine and set controls on the machine or on a controlling computer to obtain the …
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Screen Making Technician
Screen making technicians engrave or etch screens for textile printing.
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Screen Printer
Screen printers tend a press that presses ink through a screen. Industrial screen printing is often used to print on materials that are hard to …