Requirements

• Bachelor degree in Applied Statistics, Economics, Mathematics or equivalent.
  
• Completion of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
  
• On the job experience in Printing/Publishing & Packaging would be added advantage.
  

• Estimates labour and material costs of printing binding books, pamphlets, periodicals, calendars, promotional materials, note books and diaries and other printed matter, based on specifications outlined on sales order or submitted by prospective customer.
  
• Examines specifications, sketches and sample layouts and calculates unit and production costs, using labour & material pricing schedules and considering factors like size and number of sheets or pages, paper stock requirements, binding operations, halftones, number and units of colours and quality of finished product, to define cost effective competitive price.
  
• Confers with department heads or production personnel to develop or confirm information regarding various cost elements.
  
• May estimate cost of mailing finished printed matter if specified on order.
  
• May estimate labour and material cost of specific phase of printing, like plate making or binding, and be designated according to specialty as Estimator, Printing-Plate-Making print. and pub. or Estimator, Binding print.