Screen Printer Stencil Preparer

Screen printers set up and operate power-driven, or hand-operated, screen printing machines to create visual images.

Screen printers may perform the following tasks:

• prepare stencils to be printed by handcutting, photographic or electronic methods
• choose, mix and match coloured inks and load ink into printing machines
• load paper, fabric, plastic or other material onto the printing machines, making sure that objects to be printed are lined up correctly and, if there is more than one colour, that the colours are properly aligned
• control machines and check the quality of printing
• keep records of work done
• put the stencils onto a mesh fabric-printing screen and operate the printing machine, then dry the printed items by loading them into drying racks or dryers using hot air or ultraviolet light
• unload printed items from drying racks and stack them
• remove waste, clean and maintain machines, and maintain and care for equipment including camera lenses, screens, stops and filters.

Required Skills - Screen Printer Stencil Preparer

• enjoy practical and manual work
• good eyesight with normal colour vision
• good hand-eye coordination
• creative
• self-motivated
• good at solving problems

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