Career Paths

The printing & graphic communications industry needs people who are creative, well organised, practical and enthusiastic to fill a big range of traineeships and apprenticeships. People who are computer literate with strong creative skills to design printed products and prepare them for printing. People to manage and control the process of printing where creativity and hands-on skills merge as one. People to take the raw printed product and transform it into finished products ready for the buyer.

Today's printing & graphic communications industry is a modern one with emphasis on computerised operation at all stages of production. Most businesses operate in clean, air-conditioned buildings, and skilled staff are among the highest paid in the country. The qualifications you earn in the printing & graphic communications industry are recognised worldwide so the choice is yours - trained industry professionals are in demand all over the world.

Career growth in the printing & graphic communications industry can take many forms. You can decide to continue in the production side either as an employee or as the owner of your own business. Alternatively you can use your industry training to move into senior management, sales or production management. Many of the senior executives of companies supplying goods and services to the printing & graphic communications industry began their carers as trainees or apprentices.

The printing & graphic communications industry offers many fantastic career choices that can be entered in the way that suits you best - as a work experience student, a school-based trainee, a full-time trainee or as a full-time apprentice.