Machine Print Advanced Apprenticeship

Year 1

NVQ level 3 Diploma in Digital Pre-Press for Print – Digital Artwork
Candidates must achieve 29 credits from the mandatory units and a minimum of 8 credits from the optional units.
Mandatory common units
208 Send and receive digital files (1 credit)
301 Promote and maintain Health and Safety in a print environment (4 credits)
302 Contribute to improving the effectiveness of the print organisation (5 credits)
303 Plan work to meet production requirements (4 credits)
304 Maintain digital systems in working order (4 credits)
305 Understanding the print industry (4 credits)
326 Design and produce creative digital colour artwork for print (7 credits)
Optional technical units
206 Make photopolymer plates for flexographic printing (4 credits)
207 Make gravure cylinders (4 credits)
209 Use of scanning techniques to create digital images (6 credits)
211 Output digital image carriers for print (8 credits)
212 Prepare stencils for printing (4 credits)
213 Make lithographic printing plates (4 credits)
308 Manage colour reproduction in digital pre-press (4 credits)
309 Produce approved colour proofs from digital artwork (4 credits)
310 Preflight digital files (4 credits)
327 Plan and produce edited images (4 credits)
NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Digital Pre-Press for Print – Digital Printing
Candidates must achieve 32 credits from the mandatory units and a minimum of 5 credits from the optional units.

NVQ level 3 Diploma in Digital Pre-Press for Print – Digital Printing
Candidates must achieve 32 credits from the mandatory units and a minimum of 5 credits from the optional units.
Mandatory common units
208 Send and receive digital files (1 credit)
301 Promote and maintain Health and Safety in a print environment (4 credits)
302 Contribute to improving the effectiveness of the print organisation (5 credits)
303 Plan work to meet production requirements (4 credits)
304 Maintain digital systems in working order (4 credits)
305 Understanding the print industry (4 credits)
311 Manage colour digital printing machines (6 credits)
312 Control the use of variable data with digital printing machines (4 credits)
Optional technical units
228 Materials handling, transportation and storage in the print environment (4 credits)
233 Set and run booklet making machinery (5 credits)
234 Set and run guillotines (5 credits)
240 Set and run multi-knife trimming machinery (4 credits)
308 Manage colour reproduction in digital pre-press (4 credits)
309 Produce approved colour proofs from digital artwork (4 credits)
310 Preflight digital files (4 credits)
326 Design and produce creative digital colour artwork for print (7 credits)