Certificate III in Printing - ICP31220
Holmesglen Institute
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS: 00012G
This qualification applies to individuals working as print machinists who typically set up and operate letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure printing presses, digital printers or screen printers and work on a range of printed products. They prepare material, monitor and run equipment and machinery and apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems. They may also provide guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.Licensing/Regulatory Information No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Finish screen print products
- Communicate in the workplace
- Electronically combine and assemble data for page layouts
- Use colour management for production
- Prepare, load and unload reels and cores on and off machine
- Use structured problem-solving tools
- Produce relief plates
- Operate and monitor machines (basic)
- Produce and manage complex digital print
- Work with digital information
- Manually prepare direct emulsion stencil
- Undertake inventory procedures
- Sell to the retail customer
- Deliver customer service
- Semi-automatically produce basic screen prints
- Set up and produce complex digital print
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed die cutting or embossing
- Manually prepare and produce screen prints
- Select and apply type
- Apply problem solving techniques to 3D printing maintenance and operation
- Develop and apply knowledge of the printing and graphic arts industry
- Set up for basic lithographic printing
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed cutting
- Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding
- Set up for complex lithographic printing
- Set up for basic relief printing
- Manage colour
- Manually produce complex screen prints
- Set up and produce basic digital print
- Set up and use complex colour management for production
- Produce complex flexographic printed product
- Prepare film for complex screen printing
- Set up for complex coating
- Set up machine for basic laminating
- Pack and dispatch (advanced)
- Inspect quality against required standards in a production environment
- Sustain process improvements
- Set up for complex flexographic printing
- Set up machine for complex rotary die cutting or embossing
- Operate an automatic screen printing machine
- Undertake basic production scheduling
- Generate proofs for digital production
- Troubleshoot digital media
- Produce PDF files for online and screen display
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Use colour management systems
- Produce complex laminated product
- Set up for foil stamping
- Produce basic flexographic printed product
- Market the small business
- Pack and dispatch product
- Produce basic gravure printed product
- Set up and produce basic guillotined product
- Digitise images for reproduction
- Apply advanced software applications to digital production
- Produce pages using a page layout application
- Produce offset lithographic plates
- Produce computer image for screen printing
- Produce complex pad printed product
- Produce basic pad printed product
- Automatically produce basic screen prints
- Mount and proof flexographic plates for basic printing
- Dispose of waste
- Lift and shift loads mechanically
- Set up for basic gravure printing
- Set up for complex relief printing
- Investigate micro business opportunities
- Set up machine for basic rotary cutting
- Produce basic coated product
- Semi-automatically produce complex screen prints
- Prepare ink and additives (advanced)
- Prepare for variable data printing
- Mount and demount flexographic plates for complex printing
- Generate high-end PDF files
- Manually produce basic screen prints
- Set up for basic coating
- Produce basic rotary cut product
- Set up for complex pad printing
- Develop basic design concepts
- Operate databases for digital printing
- Produce complex lithographic printed product
- Prepare inks and additives
- Plan small business finances
- Use and respect copyright
- Produce basic rotary die cut or embossed product
- Prepare stencil using direct projection method
- Preflight and import complex images for digital devices
- Produce basic laminated product
- Apply cost factors to work practices
- Deliver and monitor a service to customers
- Produce foil stamped product
- Perform basic industry calculations
- Manage digital files
- Use computer systems in the printing and graphic arts sectors
- Set up and operate automated workflow
- Produce computer images for screen printing
- Produce basic flat-bed cut product
- Produce and manage basic digital print
- Manage the impact of change on own work
- Undertake warehouse materials processing
- Apply 5S procedures
- Produce typographic images
- Use digital workflow
- Plan operational processes
- Set up machine for basic collating or inserting (sheet/section)
- Produce basic flat-bed die cut or embossed product
- Produce complex coated product
- Create a markup language document to specification
- Manipulate 3D files in preparation for 3D printing
- Produce basic relief printed product
- Produce complex gravure printed product
- Undertake root cause analysis
- Set up for basic pad printing
- Design and produce business documents
- Operate a semi-automatic screen printing machine
- Set up machine for complex laminating
- Produce basic converted or finished product
- Prepare machine and drying/curing unit
- Set up and produce 3D prints
- Set up machine for basic folding
- Prepare machine for operation (basic)
- Prepare substrate
- Scan images for reproduction
- Apply competitive systems and practices
- Prepare for personalised digital printing
- Apply quick changeover procedures
- Set up for complex gravure printing
- Produce complex relief printed product
- Prepare screen
- Prepare and maintain the work area
- Undertake basic machine maintenance
- Prepare imposition format for printing processes
- Reclaim screen manually
- Develop detailed design concepts
- Output images
- Maintain a safe work environment
- Produce flexographic photopolymer plates
- Produce basic lithographic printed product
- Produce basic folded product
- Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine
- Apply software applications to digital production
- Set up and produce 3D scans
- Transfer digital files
- Produce basic collated or inserted (sheet/section) product
- Set up for basic flexographic printing
- Set up and produce specialised digital print
- Prepare film for basic screen printing
- Produce complex rotary die cut or embossed product
- Advise on products and services
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Chadstone | No |
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