Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work
- Work instructions are used to determine the job requirements, including job sheets, material type, colour, quality and quantity.
- Job specifications are read and interpreted.
- Workplace health and safety (WHS) requirements, including personal protection needs, are observed throughout the work.
- Materials are selected and inspected for quality.
- Hand tooling and safety equipment are identified and checked for operation.
- Procedures are determined to minimise waste material.
- Procedures are identified for maximising energy efficiency while completing the job.
- Determine design, layout, colours and graphics
- Type of design and layout determined in accordance with project brief.
- Selection of colours and graphics determined in accordance with project brief.
- Clarify specifications, parameters or constraints of the brief in consultation with relevant colleagues.
- Correctly identify the resources required for the graphic design, including work space, materials, tools and equipment.
- Develop draft sketch of design layout using selected tools/ equipment and materials.
- Draft design layout sketch incorporates agreed design elements for approximate size, colour and graphic preferences.
- Refine design, layout, colours and graphics and develop a working plan
- Draft design layout amended to suit client's requirements.
- Appropriate colour combinations and effects for pictorial reproduction mediums and equipment to produce various designs are specified.
- Develop working plan for the design layout incorporating accurate sizing, colour samples and specifying the number of overlays and stencils required.
- Prepare stencils
- Stencil material is selected appropriate for the type of graphic design to be applied.
- Quality and size of stencil material are checked for conformance to job specifications and suitability of equipment used.
- Design is applied to stencil material by; freehand drawing, photography/projector and/or computer-aided printing and/or cutting methods.
- Stencil cutting instruments are selected according to job specifications.
- In the case of computer-aided stencil cutting equipment; the equipment is set up and the stencil material is positioned in plotter according to manufacturer/supplier specifications.
- Stencil material is cut and weeded according to manufacturer/supplier specifications in such a way as to avoid excessive waste.
- Before mounting or applying the stencil to the work-piece, it is checked for conformance to job specifications and appropriate action is taken.
- Specify mediums to be applied to paint surfaces to create a variety of different visual effects
- highlighting, reflection, and transparency techniques
- texture simulations, including; stone, liquid, leather, metal, fish scales and marbling
- D effects, to create visual realism
- tribal/Indigenous art styles.
- Appropriate colours to the given subject, achieving correct tones and tonal order are selected and specified.
- Lines, shapes, dots, patterns and illustrations to be produced using freehand techniques with the assistance of shields, templates and/or stencils are specified.
- Appropriate backgrounds, colour combinations and the effectiveness of colour are identified and applied.
- Clean up work area and maintain equipment
- Material that can be reused is collected and stored.
- Waste material is removed and disposed of or stored according to statutory and workplace procedure.
- Work area is cleaned and inspected for serviceable condition in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Unserviceable equipment is tagged and faults identified in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Operator maintenance is completed in accordance with manufacturer/component supplier specifications and worksite procedures.
- Tooling is maintained in accordance with workplace procedures.