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How to write a pressman resume
Craft a resume summary statement
A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.
Step 2: Detail your years of experience in pressman-related roles and your industry experience.
Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.
Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some pressman interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
- Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
- Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a pressman resume:
- Safety Regulations
- Preventative Maintenance
- UV
- Web Press
- Multi
- Bindery Equipment
- Press Machine
- Press Operation
- Quality Standards
- Color Press
- Offset Printing
- Clamp Truck
- PMS
- Press Maintenance
- Routine Maintenance
- Water Balance
- Color Process
- Press Runs
- Pressroom
- KBA
- Offset Press
- Flexo
- Production Runs
- General Maintenance
- Business Cards
- Collating
- Quality Products
- Stackers
- Press Equipment
- GTO
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write pressman experience bullet points
Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.
- Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
- What were your responsibilities or goals?
- How did you accomplish them?
- Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )
Here are effective examples from pressman resumes:
Work history example #1
Printing Pressman
Graphic Packaging International
- Operated Clamp lifts and Fork lifts.
- Worked on KBA for 15 years.
- Helped on an 8 color flexor printing press, paperwork, forklift driving.
- Performed spot checks for quality and accuracy, including troubleshooting and resolving problems.
- Operated an envelope feeder in conjunction with the Ryobipress.
Work history example #2
2nd Pressman
Rock-Tenn Shared Services
- Worked on Heidelberg, Mitsubishi and Man-Roland presses doing both conventional and UV printing and coating.
- Worked threw the ranks from bailer man to inspector to operator assistant to operator.
- Reported any problems we had to ranking supervis ior.
- Assisted with production/maintenance on Goss Community press Inspected printed material with use of bluelines and densitometer Mixed inks according to PMS specifications
- Promoted to 2nd pressman/feeder operator on KBA 10 color press due to high performance in previous position.
Work history example #3
Assistant Pressman
Cenveo
- Worked closely with cost reduction projects and ideas in Flexo Division.
- Detailed printing press operator for large printing organization that specializes in offset and flexographic printing press operations.
- Mounted cylinders on plate for flexographic printing.
- Used water based and UV inks.
- Mixed ink colors from scratch to meet color standard with PMS book reference including seven color jobs.
Work history example #4
Printing Pressman
Fort Dearborn
- Operated 40" and 51" Mitsubishi 8/c and 7/c w/coater offset printing presses.
- Mounted cylinders on plate for flexographic printing.
- Unloaded trucks with clamp fork lifts.
- Supervised three person team who specialized in flexographic printing.
- Promoted to Feeder on 8 color Mitsubishi sheetfed in 2000.
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Add an education section to your resume
- The highest degree you have achieved.
- TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
- TField of study
- TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities
Here are some examples of good education entries from pressman resumes:
High School Diploma
1994 - 1994
Highlight your pressman certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
Here are some of the best certifications to have on pressman resumes:
- Forklift Safety and Inspector
- EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
- Certified Purchasing Card Professional (CPCP)