Machine Printing Advanced Apprenticeship

Year 1

NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Machine Printing – Litho/Fl exo/Screen/Gravure/Web
Candidates must achieve 31 credits from the mandatory units and a minimum of 6 credits from the optional units.
Mandatory common units
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)
305 Understanding the print industry (4 credits)
306 Maintain print equipment in working order (6 credits)
307 Manage printing machines (8 credits)
Optional technical units
206 Make photopolymer plates for flexographic printing (4 credits)
211 Output digital image carriers for print (8 credits)
212 Prepare stencils for printing (4 credits)
213 Make lithographic printing plates (4 credits)
214 Prepare inks and coatings for printing (4 credits)
215 Set and run numbering, bar-coding or inline data printing equipment (4 credits)
216 Set and run ancillary printing machine equipment (5 credits)
217 Set and run over-printing machinery (7 credits)
218 Set and use ink drying equipment (3 credits)
219 Prepare and maintain image carriers for printing (4 credits)
220 Set and run die stamping printing machinery (6 credits)
222 Set and run in-line converting or enhancing equipment (7 credits)
223 Set and run in-line folding equipment (7 credits)
227 Set and run in line automated stitch and trim equipment for newspaper and periodical production (4 credits)
234 Set and run guillotines (5 credits)
245 Set and run slitting and re-reeling equipment – adhesive label production (3 credits)

Mandatory common units
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)
305 Understanding the print industry (4 credits)
306 Maintain print equipment in working order (6 credits)
Optional technical units
224 Set and run auto-packing, storage or palletising equipment (3 credits)
228 Materials handling, transportation and storage in the print environment (4 credits)
232 Set and run wire binding machinery (3 credits)
233 Set and run booklet making machinery (5 credits)
240 Set and run multi-knife trimming machinery (4 credits)
241 Set and run multiple hopper feeders (4 credits)
244 Set and run laminating equipment (4 credits)
245 Set and run slitting and re-reeling equipment – adhesive label production (3 credits)
314 Manage adhesive binding machinery (4 credits)
315 Manage cutting and creasing machinery (9 credits)
317 Manage foil blocking machinery (5 credits)
318 Manage insetting-stitching-trimming machinery (9 credits)
319 Manage guillotines (9 credits)
320 Manage mail processing machinery (5 credits)
321 Manage casing-in machinery (7 credits)
322 Manage case making machinery (6 credits)
323 Manage folding machinery (8 credits)
324 Manage auto-fed sewing machinery (7 credits)
325 Manage carton enhancing machinery (7 credits)