Employees
So you work in the printing industry?
That probably means you know the difference between pre-press and press, and when its time for finishing and bindery.
The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council was set up by employee and employer representatives and our work focuses on developing the skills of employees working in printing companies across Canada.
National Skill Standards
Our national Skill Standards have been developed with employees in mind, because they provide you with a checklist of the skills you should have to work in the industry.
The Skill Standards include Basic and Core standards, which cover everything that anyone working in a printing company should know, from the administration officer through to the head press operator.
Job-specific Skill Standards have also been developed for people working in press operations, including specific job profiles for Digital, Lithographic Sheetfed Offset, Lithographic Web Offset and Flexographic Press operators.
Skill standards have also been developed for prepress, bindery and finishing operators as well as colour and output specialists.
The profiles and standards provide you, as an employee with a checklist for assessing your own knowledge and skills and to identify what areas you might need extra training to improve them. Keeping your skills current and up-to-date makes you more employable, and assessing and improving your skills can also help you set and achieve your career goals.
Education and training
If you want to find out more about possible education and training opportunities check out the CPISC report on Education and Training Programs and Providers for the Printing and Graphic Communications Industry, which includes a list of training institutions as well as an analysis of the type and scope of training programs currently available.
