NOC 14112: Desktop publishing operators and related occupations

Desktop publishing operators and workers in related occupations use computers to enter copy into a typesetting system or operate typesetting output equipment to produce text that is ready to print. They are employed by firms that specialize in typesetting, commercial printing companies, publishing and printing companies and various establishments in the public and private sectors that have in-house printing departments.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 4 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 4: Occupations that usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 14112 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 14112

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Desktop publishing operators
• Operate desktop publishing software and equipment to design, lay out and produce camera-ready copy and may perform pre-flight operator duties
• Mark copy with computer codes and typographic instructions before it is typeset
• Typesetting input and output operators
• Input copy, codes or commands and subsequent corrections into typesetting device or system
• Operate media conversion equipment to process and format copy transmitted through telecommunications
• Operate and tend typesetting output devices, load and process photosensitive material and perform routine maintenance.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• braille keyboard operator - typesetting
• compositor - typesetting
• computer typesetter
• copy marker - typesetting
• desktop compositor
• desktop publishing (DTP) operator
• input operator - typesetting
• markup person - typesetting
• output operator - typesetting
• photocomposition typesetter
• photocompositor
• phototypesetting machine operator
• typographer

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Completion of a college program in graphic arts, or other training in typography, computer typesetting or desktop publishing, is usually required.

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