Certificate IV in Printing and Graphic Arts Management

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Develop and apply knowledge of the printing and graphic arts industry

Manage quality in a production environment

Manage a safe work environment

Facilitate communication in the workplace

Apply quality assurance techniques

Coordinate implementation of customer service strategies

Promote innovation in a team environment

Develop and implement strategies for intellectual property management

Lead team effectiveness

Implement operational plan

Implement continuous improvement

Promote products and services

Develop product knowledge

Establish networks

Build client relationships and business networks

Identify and plan sales prospects

Present, secure and support sales solutions

Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability

Develop work priorities

Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Create 3D digital animations

Create 3D digital models

Create advanced 3D digital models

Implement copyright arrangements

Create visual design components

Author interactive media

Create user interfaces

Coordinate the testing of interactive media products

Design e-learning resources

Design games

Design information architecture

Run and monitor envelope manufacturing machines

Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding

Set up machine for complex collating

Use electronic monitoring systems (converting and finishing)

Set up and operate folder gluer machine

Set up and produce hand-bound book

Restore books

Access and use the internet

Capture digital images

Edit digital images

Use colour management systems

Produce and manage complex digital print

Set up and produce basic digital print

Apply software applications to digital production

Use colour management for production

Mount and demount flexographic plates for complex printing

Set up for complex flexographic printing

Produce specialised flexographic printed product

Set up for complex gravure printing

Produce specialised gravure printed product

Set up for complex lithographic printing

Produce specialised lithographic printed product

Set up for complex pad printing

Produce specialised pad printed product

Set up for complex relief printing

Produce specialised relief printed product

Set up for complex coating

Produce complex coated product

Prepare for variable data printing

Use on-press monitoring of print quality

Use on-press print control devices

Set up and monitor in-line printing operations

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

Adapt digital content for publication on different devices

Set up for specialised flexographic printing

Set up for specialised gravure printing

Set up for specialised lithographic printing

Set up for specialised pad printing

Set up for specialised relief printing

Develop basic design concepts

Select and apply type

Output images

Produce PDF files for online and screen display

Develop detailed design concepts

Create pages using page layout applications

Create graphics using graphics applications

Prepare imposition format for printing processes

Operate databases for digital printing

Generate high-end PDF files

Undertake a complex design brief

Compose and evaluate typography

Digitise complex images for reproduction

Manage colour

Generate complex imposition

Set up and operate automated workflow

Develop document content and structure

Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine

Prepare and maintain the work area

Inspect quality against required standards in a production environment

Reconcile process outputs

Undertake basic machine maintenance

Undertake inventory procedures

Undertake basic production scheduling

Plan operational processes

Apply quick changeover procedures

Troubleshoot and optimise materials and machinery

Ensure process improvements are sustained

Prepare production costing estimates

Integrate database with a website

Create a common gateway interface script

Develop guidelines for uploading information to a website

Create a markup language document to specification

Create dynamic web pages

Develop complex cascading style sheets

Analyse information and assign meta tags

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Use structured problem-solving tools

Assess competence

Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace

Manually sort mail and parcels