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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Research the printing and graphic arts industry
   • Identify new technology and innovative work processes and suggest for implementation according to enterprise procedures
   • Research printing industry trends and apply to personal work practices within scope of own role
   • Research basic principles and obligations of regulations, standards and industrial awards within the workplace and personal work practices
2. Determine printing and graphic arts industry information required for work task
   • Identify information requirements for work task
   • Determine information required and process to accurately cost work task
   • Identify information required to be exchanged between different stages of production to facilitate work task
   • Identify principles of production management and determine requirements specific to work task
   • Identify principles of quality management and determine quality requirements for work task
3. Apply knowledge of printing and graphic arts industry to work tasks
   • Identify job specifications
   • Confirm job budget and timeframe
   • Research suitable printing processes to meet job requirements
   • Plan and document proposed approach to production
   • Seek feedback on proposed approach from required personnel and adjust as required

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of the unit, including evidence of the ability to:

plan and document proposed production approach for one print job that includes at least one converting or finishing process, based on job specifications, including:

job costing estimate

timeframe for production.

In the course of the above the candidate must:

use industry terminology in written and oral communications

apply required legislative and workplace requirements when completing tasks

conduct research to determine image type, output settings, output requirements and output devices for different jobs

conduct research to determine the required process for print jobs

conduct research to determine the required process for converting or finishing jobs

document output and colour requirements for print jobs

conduct research to determine required substrate and ink for print jobs.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

current industry technology, processes and trends

regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures that affect work practice

enterprise procedures for:

allocating production responsibilities

monitoring production

quality inspections and corrective action

requesting client feedback

principles of the following pre-press functions:

image production, including, typesetting, scanning and photography

manual and electronic image combining

film, plates, and direct to press image output

principles of the following printing processes:

lithography

relief

flexography

gravure

pad printing

screen printing

digital and electronic printing

range of substrates used for printing processes

basic characteristics of the following converting and finishing processes:

guillotining

flat-bed and rotary cutting

collating

folding

adhesive

mechanical and thermal fastening

colour theory and the relationship between ranges of visual colour Red, Green, Blue (RGB), Pantone (spot) and Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (black) (CMYK)

cost and time factors in printing production, including:

fixed, capital and variable costs

basic principles of efficient production management.

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