Proofreader
- Perfect for detail-oriented individuals who love refining written content.
- Ensure clarity and accuracy in publications, impacting readers worldwide.
- Unique chance to work with diverse texts, including braille and digital formats.
💰 Earn $45K-$82K
📚 Bachelor Degree
Overview
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.Scoop
Shaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- 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.
- Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
- Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors.
- Route proofs with marked corrections to authors, editors, typists, or typesetters for correction or reprinting.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Using data or completing tasks
- Being creative or artistic
You are skilled in 💫
- Operation and Control
- Operations Monitoring
- Equipment Maintenance
- Critical Thinking
- Quality Control Analysis
You value 🙏
- Having support
- Accomplishing things
- Personal relationships
In Action
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Proofreader
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Pathways to this Career
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