Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 1991

• F - Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F1 - Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport
• F12 - Photographers, Graphic Arts Technicians and Technical Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts

F123 - Graphic Arts Technicians

Occupations in this unit group are primarily concerned with producing mechanical artwork according to a graphic designer's layout and conceptual specifications, and making designs camera-ready for printing.

• Example Titles

  • Art lay-out artist
  • Art work assembler, except printing
  • Assembly artist
  • Commercial art assistant
  • Copy stylist
  • Graphic art camera operator
  • Graphic arts design assistant
  • Graphic arts technician
  • Lettering artist
  • Mechanical artist, graphic arts
  • Newspaper page assembler
  • Paste-up artist, graphic arts
  • Photo-process letterer
  • Production design assistant, graphic arts
  • Renderer, graphic arts
  • Show card letterer
  • Sign layout artist
  • Sign letterer
  • Sign painter
  • Sign-layout detailer
  • Silkscreen technician, signs
  • Space allocator, graphic arts
  • Space allocator, newspaper advertising
  • Stencil maker, graphic arts

• Exclusion

  • Persons who conceptualize and create designs and specifications (See F141 Graphic Designers and Illustrating Artists)
  • Typesetters, including desktop publishing specialists (See B523 Typesetters and Related Occupations)