Pre-press technician vs plate mounter

The differences between pre-press technicians and plate mounters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a pre-press technician and a plate mounter. Additionally, a pre-press technician has an average salary of $39,811, which is higher than the $38,369 average annual salary of a plate mounter.

The top three skills for a pre-press technician include adobe photoshop, mac and troubleshoot. The most important skills for a plate mounter are flexo, tape measure, and lean manufacturing.

Pre-press technician vs plate mounter overview

	Pre-Press Technician	Plate Mounter
Yearly salary	$39,811	$38,369
Hourly rate	$19.14	$18.45
Growth rate	3%	-
Number of jobs	11,187	156
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Pre-press technician vs plate mounter salary

Pre-press technicians and plate mounters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pre-Press Technician	Plate Mounter
Average salary	$39,811	$38,369
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $53,000	Between $22,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between pre-press technician and plate mounter education

There are a few differences between a pre-press technician and a plate mounter in terms of educational background:

	Pre-Press Technician	Plate Mounter
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Communications
Most common college	University of Texas at Austin	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Pre-press technician vs plate mounter demographics

Here are the differences between pre-press technicians' and plate mounters' demographics:

	Pre-Press Technician	Plate Mounter
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 67.4% Female, 32.6%	Male, 79.8% Female, 20.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 8.9% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 7.9% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	13%	13%

Differences between pre-press technician and plate mounter duties and responsibilities

Pre-press technician example responsibilities.

Demonstrate ability in the trouble-shooting of provide files and the timely creation of PDF and Epson proofs for customer approval.
Create signs, banners, brochures, posters, forms, stationery, logos, ads, etc.
Identify page layout issues (wrong margins, no page bleed, wrong page count, etc .).
Guarantee adhesive cleanliness for aircraft windows.
Preflight and prepare jobs using Kodak Prinergy.
Experience in the Prinergy and InSite workflow.

Plate mounter example responsibilities.

Maintain professional correspondence with pressroom and with prepress department.
Assemble and balance tires for Freightliner trucks.

Pre-press technician vs plate mounter skills

Common pre-press technician skills

Adobe Photoshop, 10%
Mac, 8%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Adobe Indesign, 6%
Adobe Illustrator, 6%
Graphic Design, 5%

Common plate mounter skills

Flexo, 26%
Tape Measure, 24%
Lean Manufacturing, 11%
Press Runs, 11%
Customer Specifications, 6%
Production Schedules, 6%