Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Tasks Include:
- Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
- Mark copy to indicate and correct errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers' marks.
- Read corrected copies or proofs to ensure that all corrections have been made.
- Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors.
- Consult reference books or secure aid of readers to check references with rules of grammar and composition.
- Route proofs with marked corrections to authors, editors, typists, or typesetters for correction or reprinting.
- Consult with authors and editors regarding manuscript changes and suggestions.
- Archive documents, conduct research, and read copy, using the internet and various computer programs.
- Write original content, such as headlines, cutlines, captions, and cover copy.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: +1.1%
National: +1.9%
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Job Zone:
Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Moderately High ($36,000 - $49,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$45,410.00
State
$44,700.00
Regional
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.
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Education
Required Level of Education
- Bachelor's Degree = 47.30%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 23.20%
- Some College Courses = 12.04%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 11.21%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 6.24%
Related Work Experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 41.34%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 34.99%
- None = 11.17%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 6.49%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 4.26%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.09%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 0.65%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 74.90%
- None = 17.79%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 7.31%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 75.78%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 23.88%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 0.34%
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Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
- Mark copy to indicate and correct errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers' marks.
- Read corrected copies or proofs to ensure that all corrections have been made.
- Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors.
- Consult reference books or secure aid of readers to check references with rules of grammar and composition.
- Route proofs with marked corrections to authors, editors, typists, or typesetters for correction or reprinting.
- Consult with authors and editors regarding manuscript changes and suggestions.
- Archive documents, conduct research, and read copy, using the internet and various computer programs.
- Write original content, such as headlines, cutlines, captions, and cover copy.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Read proof sheets aloud, calling out punctuation marks and spelling unusual words and proper names.
- Typeset and measure dimensions, spacing, and positioning of page elements, such as copy and illustrations, to verify conformance to specifications, using printer's ruler or layout software.
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Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
98.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
59.00 | Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
50.75 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
81.25 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. |
65.50 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
56.25 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
53.00 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
84.50 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
68.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
65.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
56.25 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. |
53.00 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
50.00 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
50.00 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
50.00 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
84.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
77.50 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
77.25 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
70.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
69.00 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
63.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
61.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
56.50 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
56.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
55.50 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
52.75 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
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Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
100.00 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
91.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
85.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
79.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
76.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
68.50 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
65.75 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
63.25 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
61.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
61.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
61.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
59.00 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
57.50 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
51.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
72.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
97.80 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
97.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
94.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
94.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
94.00 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
94.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
93.40 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
90.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
89.60 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
84.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
79.80 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
75.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
74.80 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
73.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
71.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
64.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
62.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
60.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
53.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
52.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
- Examples
- Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,350.00 | $45,410.00 | $57,940.00 |
Virginia | $25,480.00 | $44,700.00 | $56,200.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | $34,970.63 | $57,532.39 | $63,908.81 |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | $32,301.48 | $57,532.39 | $60,554.81 |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 10,500 | 10,700 | +1.9% |
Virginia | 279 | 282 | +1.1% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Assistant Editor
- Braille Proofreader
- Checker
- Clerical Proofreader
- Content Editor
- Copy Editor
- Copy Holder
- Copy Preparer
- Copy Reader
- Copyholder
- Copyman
- Copywriter
- Data Examination Clerk
- Data Reviewer
- Desk Editor
- Editor
- Editorial Assistant
- Format Proofreader
- News Copy Editor
- Page Designer
- Production Assistant
- Production Proofreader
- Proofer
- Proofreader
- Typesetter
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