Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts (General) - ICP20115
Spectra Training Australia
Type of institution: Registered Training Organisation
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS:
This qualification applies to individuals who perform a range of mainly routine tasks in the printing and graphic arts industry. They work under direct supervision, and use limited practical skills and fundamental operational knowledge in a defined context.It is a preparatory qualification that can be used as a pathway into a range of specialist Certificate III qualifications within the printing and graphic arts industry.Licensing/Regulatory InformationNo licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Structure
- 15 units: 4 core
- 11 elective
Subjects
- Produce basic adhesive, mechanical or thermal fastened product
- Perform basic industry calculations
- Undertake basic root cause analysis
- Run and monitor sack and bag machines
- Transfer digital files
- Operate computerised mail and parcels sorting equipment
- Capture a digital image
- Set up for foil stamping
- Undertake warehouse or stores materials processing
- Pack and dispatch solid waste
- Produce basic pad printed product
- Dispose of waste
- Produce PDF files for online or screen display
- Prepare and maintain the work area
- Set up for basic pad printing
- Manufacture inks and coatings
- Run and monitor in-line bottom making machine for sack or bag manufacture
- Sustain process improvements
- Set up machine for complex sequenced or multiple folding
- Undertake basic machine maintenance
- Set up machine for basic single or continuous folding
- Prepare film for basic screen printing
- Produce basic single or continuous folded product
- Scan images for reproduction
- Prepare ink and additives
- Produce basic flexographic printed product
- Make photopolymer plates (flexographic)
- Mount and proof flexographic plates for basic printing
- Reclaim screen manually
- Operate addressing machine
- Produce basic folded and glued cartons
- Prepare coatings and adhesives
- Manage the impact of change on own work
- Set up machine for basic laminating
- Manufacture varnish and resin
- Pack product
- Produce basic flat-bed die cut or embossed product
- Reclaim screen automatically
- Communicate in the workplace
- Provide basic instruction for a task
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Produce basic relief printed product
- Use colour management systems
- Follow WHS practices and identify environmental hazards
- Stream mail
- Produce graphics using a graphics application
- Handline mail
- Produce and manage basic digital print
- Manually produce basic screen prints
- Produce double-faced web
- Set up and produce hand-collated or inserted product
- Produce gravure cylinders manually
- Produce pages using a page layout application
- Pack and dispatch product
- Produce basic flat-bed cut product
- Manually combine spot colour and basic four-colour images
- Produce relief plates
- Set up and operate in-line cutter
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed die cutting or embossing
- Maintain a safe work environment
- Set up and produce basic digital print
- Prepare and cut screen print substrate
- Set up and run machine for sewing
- Set up machine for basic rotary cutting
- Produce basic coated product
- Consolidate mail
- Manually prepare direct emulsion stencil
- Finish a digital product
- Design basic carton
- Operate in-line mail machine
- Clean sack and bag machines
- Inspect quality against required standards
- Set up for basic coating
- Produce basic rotary cut product
- Collate and insert mail manually
- Blend chemicals
- Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine
- Electronically combine and assemble data
- Prepare film for complex screen printing
- Operate and monitor machines (basic)
- Undertake root cause analysis
- Produce basic rotary die cut or embossed product
- Edit a digital image
- Set up profile cutting for envelope manufacture
- Deliver and monitor a service to customers
- Access and use the internet
- Produce foil stamped product
- Produce offset lithographic plates
- Photograph a line image
- Set up machine for basic rotary die cutting or embossing
- Set up and produce hand-fastened product
- Set up and operate a cheque mailer machine
- Finish screen print products
- Shift loads mechanically
- Filter and pack product
- Run and monitor in-line tube making machine for sack or bag manufacture
- Apply 5S procedures
- Create a markup language document to specification
- Prepare stencil using photographic indirect method
- Set up and operate in-line mail machine
- Semi-automatically produce basic screen prints
- Prepare screen
- Produce basic collated or inserted (sheet/section) product
- Produce single-faced web
- Prepare for cutting forme and stripper making
- Set up machine for basic adhesive, mechanical or thermal fastening
- Lift loads mechanically
- Reconcile process outputs
- Produce basic converted or finished product
- Select and prepare materials for production
- Use digital workflow
- Apply quick changeover procedures
- Apply cost factors to work practices
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Undertake inventory procedures
- Produce cut (trimmed) product
- Produce basic gravure printed product
- Create and test an interactive CD-ROM/DVD
- Apply competitive systems and practices
- Use digital processes
- Set up machine for basic flat-bed cutting
- Set up for basic flexographic printing
- Automatically produce basic screen prints
- Prepare artwork for screen printing
- Produce a typographic image
- Output images
- Digitise images for reproduction
- Develop a basic design concept
- Enter data into electronic system
- Proof images
- Use digital media consumables
- Prepare substrate
- Produce basic laminated product
- Set up machine for basic collating or inserting (sheet/section)
- Select and apply type
- Set up and produce basic guillotined product
- Set up single-faced web
- Set up double-faced web
- Produce basic lithographic printed product
- Prepare, load and unload reels and cores on and off machine
- Operate a database for digital printing
- Manually prepare and produce screen prints
- Produce photopolymer plates for pad printing
- Use computer systems
- Prepare machine for operation (basic)
- Set cutting forme and strippers
- Manually sort mail and parcels
- Set up machine for cutting (trimming)
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Brisbane | Domestic: $7,300 | No |
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| Melbourne | Domestic: $7,300 | No |
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| Perth | Domestic: $7,300 | No |
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| Sydney | Domestic: $7,300 | No |
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