Profession screen making technician

Screen making technicians engrave or etch screens for textile printing. 

Personality Type

• Artistic / Investigative
• Realistic / Conventional

Knowledge

• 3D printing process

  The process of reproducing 3D objects by using 3D printing technologies.

• Health and safety in the textile industry

  The requirements, rules and applications of health and safety measures in the textile industry.

• Properties of fabrics

  The influence of chemical composition and molecular arrangement of yarn and fibre properties and fabric structure on the physical properties of textile fabrics; the different fibre types, their physical and chemical characteristics and different material characteristics; the materials used in different processes and the effect on materials as they are processed. 

• Printing techniques

  The techniques and processes to reproduce text and images using a master form or template such as letterpress printing, gravure, and laser printing.

• Textile printing technology

  Addition of colour partially, according to the designed pattern, onto textile based materials. Processes for adding coloured patterns onto textile materials using printing machines and techniques (rotary of flat bed screen printing or others, heat transfer, inkjet, etc.).

Skills

• Tend textile printing machines

  Operate textile printing machines keeping efficiency and productivity at high levels.

• Maintain equipment

  Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.

• Maintain control systems for automated equipment

  Check, maintain and repair electrical and electronic elements. Check and update software of automated equipment.

• Prepare equipment for textile printing

  Manufacture screens and prepare printing paste. Use tools and equipment associated with screen printing. Select screen types and mesh for appropriate substrates. Develop, dry and finish screen image. Prepare screens, test screens and printed quality.

• Cut textiles

  Cut textiles fitting to customers' desires and needs.

• Bundle fabrics

  Bundle fabrics and place several cut components together in a single package. Join related products and items together. Sort the cut fabrics and add them with the accessories required for assembling. Care for the adequate transportation to the sewing lines.

• Operate screen printing equipment for textiles

  Operate equipment for textile screen printing considering specifications, the type of textile material, and the quantity for production. Foresee the necessary actions for screen and printing in textile.

• Decorate textile articles

  Decorate wearing apparels and made up textile articles by hand or using machines. Decorate textile articles with ornaments, braided cords, golden yarns, soutaches, jewellery, and cristals.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB