94151 Camera, platemaking and other prepress occupations
No. NOC 94151 is not on the high-wage list.
Not on the list TEER 4
TEER 4 and 5 work does not count as skilled Canadian experience for Express Entry.
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Example job titles
- camera operator - graphic arts
- cylinder preparer - printing
- dot etcher - printing
- file preparation operator
- film stripper-assembler
- platemaker - printing
- pre-flight operator - printing
- prepress technician
- printing plate engraver
- proofmaker
- screenmaker
- studio-image-processing system operator
Main duties
- Graphic arts camera operators, scanner operators, film strippers and assemblers
- Set up and adjust black and white or colour separation process cameras to convert graphic art and photographs into film for assembly and exposure onto printing plates or cylinders
- Operate computerized scanning machines or digital cameras to make colour separations and corrections from colour copy or transparencies for use in preparing film, digital files, printing plates or cylinders
- Assemble and position, either using automated equipment or by hand, pieces of film containing all parts of a printing job to produce flats or composite negatives for preparing printing plates or cylinders.
- Etchers and engravers
- Examine the text, design, or pattern to determine how it will be etched or engraved onto the workpiece
What changes on November 3, 2026
- A new Labour Market Integration factor replaces the Canadian work experience points.
- Canadian experience in a high-wage occupation adds 20, 40 or 70 points on top of work-length points.
- A job offer in a high-wage occupation gives 50, 70 or 100 points, and no LMIA is needed.
- The two routes do not add up. You get the higher one: up to 150 points (140 with a spouse).
- Invitation rounds pause for up to two weeks while IRCC recalculates every profile.
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