Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts

Prepare and maintain the work area

Inspect quality against required standards in a production environment

Deliver a service to customers

Set up and run machine for sewing

Set up single-faced web

Set up double-faced web

Produce basic folded and glued cartons

Produce basic converted or finished product

Set up and produce basic guillotined product

Set up machine for basic flat-bed die cutting or embossing

Produce basic flat-bed die cut or embossed product

Set up machine for basic rotary die cutting or embossing

Produce basic rotary die cut or embossed product

Set up machine for basic flat-bed cutting

Produce basic flat-bed cut product

Set up machine for basic rotary cutting

Produce basic rotary cut product

Set up machine for basic folding

Produce basic folded product

Set up machine for basic collating or inserting (sheet/section)

Produce basic collated or inserted (sheet/section) product

Set up and produce hand-collated or inserted product

Set up machine for basic adhesive, mechanical or thermal fastening

Produce basic adhesive, mechanical or thermal fastened product

Set up and produce hand-fastened product

Set up machine for basic laminating

Produce basic laminated product

Clean sack and bag machines

Run and monitor sack and bag machines

Run and monitor in-line bottom making machine for sack or bag manufacture

Produce single-faced web

Produce double-faced web

Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding

Access and use the internet

Create and test interactive storage devices

Capture digital images

Edit digital images

Mount and proof flexographic plates for basic printing

Produce basic flexographic printed product

Produce basic gravure printed product

Produce basic lithographic printed product

Produce basic pad printed product

Set up for foil stamping

Produce foil stamped product

Set up for basic coating

Produce basic coated product

Produce and manage basic digital print

Use digital media consumables

Use colour management systems

Use digital workflow

Finish a digital product

Use digital processes

Produce basic relief printed product

Set up for basic flexographic printing

Set up for basic pad printing

Set up and produce basic digital print

Develop basic design concepts

Select and apply type

Produce pages using a page layout application

Produce graphics using graphics applications

Electronically combine and assemble data for page layouts

Output images

Proof images

Produce offset lithographic plates

Produce flexographic photopolymer plates

Design basic carton

Produce PDF files for online and screen display

Scan images for reproduction

Transfer digital files

Produce typographic images

Digitise images for reproduction

Operate databases for digital printing

Prepare screen

Prepare substrate

Manually prepare direct emulsion stencil

Manually prepare and produce screen prints

Manually produce basic screen prints

Semi-automatically produce basic screen prints

Automatically produce basic screen prints

Finish screen print products

Prepare film for basic screen printing

Reclaim screen manually

Prepare film for complex screen printing

Prepare, load and unload reels and cores on and off machine

Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine

Prepare machine for operation (basic)

Operate and monitor machines (basic)

Prepare inks and additives

Pack and dispatch product

Lift and shift loads mechanically

Undertake warehouse materials processing

Reconcile process outputs

Perform basic industry calculations

Enter data into electronic systems

Use computer systems in the printing and graphic arts sectors

Undertake basic machine maintenance

Dispose of waste

Undertake inventory procedures

Apply quick changeover procedures