Certificate III in Printing

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Develop and apply knowledge of the printing and graphic arts industry

Inspect quality against required standards in a production environment

Maintain a safe work environment

Communicate in the workplace

Deliver and monitor a service to customers

Use and respect copyright

Design and produce business documents

Investigate micro business opportunities

Plan small business finances

Market the small business

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

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 machine for basic laminating

Produce basic laminated product

Set up machine for complex rotary die cutting or embossing

Produce complex rotary die cut or embossed product

Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding

Set up machine for complex laminating

Produce complex laminated product

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 colour management systems

Use digital workflow

Produce basic relief printed product

Set up for basic flexographic printing

Produce complex flexographic printed product

Set up for basic gravure printing

Produce complex gravure printed product

Set up for basic lithographic printing

Produce complex lithographic printed product

Set up for basic pad printing

Produce complex pad printed product

Produce and manage complex digital print

Prepare for personalised digital printing

Set up and produce basic digital print

Apply software applications to digital production

Troubleshoot digital media

Use colour management for production

Preflight and import complex images for digital devices

Manage digital files

Generate proofs for digital production

Set up and produce specialised digital print

Set up for basic relief printing

Produce complex relief printed product

Mount and demount flexographic plates for complex printing

Set up for complex flexographic printing

Set up for complex gravure printing

Set up for complex lithographic printing

Set up for complex pad printing

Set up for complex relief printing

Set up for complex coating

Produce complex coated product

Prepare for variable data printing

Apply advanced software applications to digital production

Set up and use complex colour management for production

Set up and produce complex digital print

Work with digital information

Develop basic design concepts

Select and apply type

Produce pages using a page layout application

Electronically combine and assemble data for page layouts

Output images

Produce relief plates

Produce offset lithographic plates

Produce flexographic photopolymer plates

Produce PDF files for online and screen display

Scan images for reproduction

Transfer digital files

Develop detailed design concepts

Produce typographic images

Digitise images for reproduction

Prepare imposition format for printing processes

Produce computer images for screen printing

Operate databases for digital printing

Generate high-end PDF files

Digitise complex images for reproduction

Manage colour

Set up and operate automated workflow

Manipulate 3D files in preparation for 3D printing

Set up and produce 3D prints

Set up and produce 3D scans

Apply problem solving techniques to 3D printing maintenance and operation

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 stencil using direct projection method

Prepare machine and drying/curing unit

Manually produce complex screen prints

Semi-automatically produce complex screen prints

Operate a semi-automatic screen printing machine

Operate an automatic screen printing machine

Produce computer image for screen printing

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 and maintain the work area

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

Perform basic industry calculations

Provide basic instruction for a task

Use computer systems in the printing and graphic arts sectors

Undertake basic machine maintenance

Prepare ink and additives (advanced)

Pack and dispatch (advanced)

Dispose of waste

Undertake inventory procedures

Undertake basic production scheduling

Plan operational processes

Apply quick changeover procedures

Create a markup language document to specification

Deliver customer service

Use structured problem-solving tools

Advise on products and services

Sell to the retail customer