Certificate III in Printing - ICP31215
Spectra Training Australia
Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS:
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 leadership and 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.
Structure
- 21 units: 4 core
- 17 elective
Subjects
- Perform basic industry calculations
- Transfer digital files
- Prepare stencil using photographic capillary method
- Set up for foil stamping
- Undertake warehouse or stores materials processing
- Pack and dispatch solid waste
- Produce basic pad printed product
- Troubleshoot digital media
- Dispose of waste
- Set up for basic gravure printing
- Produce PDF files for online or screen display
- Pack and dispatch (advanced)
- Prepare and maintain the work area
- Set up for basic pad printing
- Prepare for personalised digital printing
- Sustain process improvements
- Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding
- Undertake basic machine maintenance
- Prepare an imposition format for printing processes
- Set up machine for basic single or continuous folding
- Prepare film for basic screen printing
- Produce computer image for screen printing
- Produce basic single or continuous folded product
- Scan images for reproduction
- Produce complex relief printed product
- Prepare ink and additives
- Apply advanced software applications to digital production
- Set up for complex pad printing
- Produce basic flexographic printed product
- Implement a Just-in-Time system
- Set up for complex relief printing
- Make photopolymer plates (flexographic)
- Set up for complex coating
- Mount and proof flexographic plates for basic printing
- Produce complex pad printed product
- Reclaim screen manually
- Prepare coatings and adhesives
- Manage the impact of change on own work
- Operate an automatic screen printing machine
- Set up machine for basic laminating
- Manage digital files
- Produce basic flat-bed die cut or embossed product
- Undertake basic production scheduling
- Reclaim screen automatically
- Communicate in the workplace
- Provide basic instruction for a task
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Produce basic relief printed product
- Use colour management systems
- Set up for complex lithographic printing
- Market the small business
- Output complex images
- Use structured problem solving tools
- Produce and manage basic digital print
- Produce complex lithographic printed product
- Manually produce basic screen prints
- Prepare stencil using direct electronic imaging method
- Produce gravure cylinders manually
- Develop a detailed design concept
- Produce pages using a page layout application
- Manipulate 3D graphics files in preparation for 3D printing
- Set up and produce 3D print
- Provide customer service and education
- Pack and dispatch product
- Produce computer image for screen printing
- Produce basic flat-bed cut product
- Sell products and services
- Manually combine spot colour and basic four-colour images
- Set up for basic relief printing
- Produce relief plates
- Produce gravure cylinders electronically
- Manually produce complex screen prints
- Communicate as part of a work team
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed die cutting or embossing
- Use colour management for production
- Investigate micro business opportunities
- Maintain a safe work environment
- Set up and produce basic digital print
- Output complex images direct to plate or press
- Prepare and cut screen print substrate
- Prepare for variable data printing
- Produce basic coated product
- Prepare ink and additives (advanced)
- Manually prepare direct emulsion stencil
- Semi-automatically produce complex screen prints
- Generate high-end PDF files
- Inspect quality against required standards
- Set up for basic coating
- Prepare machine and drying/curing unit
- Produce complex gravure printed product
- Use sustainable environmental practices
- Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine
- Electronically combine and assemble data
- Plan small business finances
- Prepare film for complex screen printing
- Operate and monitor machines (basic)
- Set up for complex gravure printing
- Undertake root cause analysis
- Prepare stencil using direct projection method
- Manage colour
- Deliver and monitor a service to customers
- Produce foil stamped product
- Produce offset lithographic plates
- Preflight and import complex images for digital devices
- Photograph a line image
- Set up for basic lithographic printing
- Set up and produce specialised digital print
- Set up machine for complex laminating
- Photograph and produce halftone images
- Plan operational processes
- Finish screen print products
- Shift loads mechanically
- Digitise complex images for reproduction
- Apply 5S procedures
- Produce complex coated product
- Create a markup language document to specification
- Prepare stencil using photographic indirect method
- Semi-automatically produce basic screen prints
- Prepare screen
- Produce and manage complex digital print
- Produce basic collated or inserted (sheet/section) product
- Produce multiple image plates
- Develop knowledge of the printing and graphic arts industry
- Design and produce business documents
- Lift loads mechanically
- Operate a semi-automatic screen printing machine
- Produce basic converted or finished product
- Generate a proof for digital production
- Apply quick changeover procedures
- Operate and maintain computer resources
- Apply cost factors to work practices
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Undertake inventory procedures
- Use sustainable energy practices
- Produce basic gravure printed product
- Set up for complex flexographic printing
- Apply software applications to digital production
- Apply competitive systems and practices
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed cutting
- Automatically prepare direct emulsion stencil
- Set up for basic flexographic printing
- Automatically produce basic screen prints
- Prepare artwork for screen printing
- Produce a typographic image
- Output images
- Digitise images for reproduction
- Develop a basic design concept
- Advise on products and services
- Produce complex laminated product
- Prepare substrate
- Produce basic laminated product
- Set up machine for basic collating or inserting (sheet/section)
- Set up and produce complex digital print
- Select and apply type
- Set up and produce basic guillotined product
- Produce basic lithographic printed product
- Set up and operate automated workflow
- Prepare, load and unload reels and cores on and off machine
- Operate a database for digital printing
- Manually prepare and produce screen prints
- Produce photopolymer plates for pad printing
- Use computer systems
- Produce complex flexographic printed product
- Prepare machine for operation (basic)
- Set up and produce a 3D scan
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Brisbane | Domestic: $16,800 | No |
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| Melbourne | Domestic: $16,800 | No |
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| Perth | Domestic: $16,800 | No |
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| Sydney | Domestic: $16,800 | No |
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