NOC 2021 · 73401 · TEER 3
Printing press operators
Unit group 73401 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Printing press operators set up and operate sheet and web-fed presses to print text, illustrations and designs on a wide variety of materials such as paper, plastic, glass, leather and metal. They are employed by commercial printing companies; newspapers, magazines, and other publishing companies; and establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Example job titles
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- apprentice press operator
- apprentice press operator - printing
- apprentice pressman/woman
- apprentice pressman/woman - printing
- apprentice printing press operator
- assistant press operator - printing
- assistant pressman/woman
- assistant pressman/woman - printing
- commercial press operator
- cylinder press operator - printing
- cylinder press set-up operator
- cylinder pressman/woman - printing
- cylinder printing press set-up operator
- first press operator - printing
- first pressman/woman
- first pressman/woman - printing
- flat-bed press set-up operator
- flexographic press adjuster
- flexographic press operator
- flexographic press set-up technician - printing
- flexographic pressman/woman
- gravure press operator
- gravure pressman/woman
- gravure printer - printing
- gravure printing press operator
- gravure proof press operator - printing
- gravure proof puller - printing
- gravure proof wallpaper puller
- ink evaluation and press operator - printing
- ink evaluation pressman/woman - printing
- intaglio printer - printing
- intaglio printing press operator
- job printer
- letterpress operator - printing
- letterpress proof press operator - printing
- letterpress proof puller - printing
- lithographic offset proofer
- lithographic offset proofing hand
- lithographic press operator - printing
- lithographic pressman/woman - printing
- lithographic printer
- newspaper press operator
- newspaper pressman/woman
- offset lithographic proof press operator - printing
- offset machine operator
- offset press operator
- offset press operator - printing
- offset pressman/woman - printing
- offset printer
- photoengraved plate proof press operator - printing
- photoengraved plate proof puller - printing
- plastic sheet offset press operator
- platen press operator - printing
- platen press tender
- press operator - printing
- pressman/woman - printing
- printer
- printing press assistant operator
- printing press operator
- printing technologist
- proof press operator
- proof press operator - printing
- proof pressman/woman - printing
- proofer - printing
- proofing hand - printing
- proofing press operator
- rotary offset press operator
- rotary press operator
- rotogravure press operator - printing
- rotogravure pressman/woman - printing
- rotoprinter - printing
- senior press operator - printing
- senior pressman/woman - printing
- sheet metal lithographic press operator
- sheet metal lithographic pressman/woman
- thermographic printer
- wallpaper gravure proof press operator
- wallpaper rotogravure press operator
- Web press operator - printing
- Web pressman/woman - printing
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.