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Career Details :: Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Description
Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Places proof and copy side by side on reading board.
- Marks proof to correct errors, using standard printers' marks.
- Corrects or records omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
- Compares information or figures on one record against same data on other records or with original copy to detect errors.
- Reads proofsheet aloud, calling out punctuation marks and spelling unusual words and proper names.
- Routes proofs with marked corrections to be reprinted and reads corrected copies or proofs.
- Calls attention to discrepancies between copy and proof.
- Measures dimensions, spacing, and positioning of page elements (copy and illustrations) to verify conformance to specifications, using printer's ruler.
- Consults reference books or secures aid of reader to check references to rules of grammar and composition.
- Reads proofs against copy and corrects errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using proofreader marks.
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Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Evaluating Information Against Standards
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Processing Information
- Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
- Indoors
- Consequence of Error
- Sitting
Related Majors
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| Administrative Secretary | [ add ] |
| Administrative Systems | [ add ] |
| Business Administration/Communication Arts | [ add ] |
| Business Communication | [ add ] |
| Business Communications | [ add ] |
| Business/Public Administration | [ add ] |
| Clerical Studies | [ add ] |
| Corporate Communication | [ add ] |
| Corporate Communications | [ add ] |
| General Office Procedures | [ add ] |
| International Business Communications | [ add ] |
| Management Communication/Public Relations | [ add ] |
| Office Technology | [ add ] |
| Organizational Communication | [ add ] |
| Organizational Communications | [ add ] |
| Professional Communication | [ add ] |
| Secretarial | [ add ] |
| Secretarial Science | [ add ] |
| Secretarial/Office Studies | [ add ] |
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