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Printing Technology (General)

Certificate of Achievement



Program Details

The Printing Technology (General) Certificate is designed to provide the student with a basic overall understanding of the printing industry and its allied fields. Coursework in the Printing Technology Certificate program incorporates practical hands-on practice and classroom lectures. Students learn to set up and operate offset and digital printing presses and process print jobs. They also learn to create and print digital graphics, with programs like Adobe InDesign or similar often being covered. Students will learn about specialty printing as well, including flexography, package prototyping, and screen printing. This certificate requires a total of 26-31 units. A minimum grade of C is required in each course

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Printing Technology (General) Pathways

Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.

Featured Careers

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  • Data Entry Keyers

    High school diploma/GED, Some college

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 30,100
    • High salary: 56,930
    • Average salary: 39850
    Declining Job Growth $ 39,850 Average Salary $30,100 $56,930

  • Desktop Publishers

    High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 34,650
    • High salary: 92,880
    • Average salary: 53620
    Declining Job Growth $ 53,620 Average Salary $34,650 $92,880

  • Prepress Technicians and Workers

    High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree

    • Job growth: Declining
    • Low salary: 34,270
    • High salary: 65,530
    • Average salary: 47300
    Declining Job Growth $ 47,300 Average Salary $34,270 $65,530

All Careers in Printing Technology (General) (4)

Desktop PublishersHigh school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degreeDeclining53,620
Prepress Technicians and WorkersHigh school diploma/GED, Associate's degreeDeclining47,300
Printing Press OperatorsHigh school diploma/GED, Certificate after high schoolDeclining45,160
Data Entry KeyersHigh school diploma/GED, Some collegeDeclining39,850

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Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.

  1. Demonstrate proper operational skills required to operate a central impression flexographic printing press to produce single color labels.
  2. Produce a offset printing plate produced to industry standards.