Pre-Press for Print Intermediate Apprenticeship

Course

In Leicester

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Focussing on the essential knowledge and skills needed to work in today’s printing industry, including desk top publishing, machine printing and mechanised binding, these qualifications will prepare the learner in order to gain employment or progress within the printing industry. Ideal for anyone starting out in a job in printing or for those with […]

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Location

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Leicester (Leicestershire)
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Painter Street, LE1 3WA

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

About this course

Maths and English GCSE – A-C

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Subjects

  • Press
  • Industry
  • Printing

Course programme

Year 1

Maintain health and safety within a print related working environment
Communicating and working with others in the print working environment
Knowledge of the organisations printing processes and related information
Keep equipment clean and in working order for use in the printing industry
Set up and run machinery within the print industry
Make photopolymer plates for flexographic printing
Make gravure cylinders
Send and receive digital files

Year 2

Set and run numbering, bar-coding or inline data printing equipment
Set and run die stamping printing machinery
Set and run auto-packing, storage or palletising equipment
Set and run in line automated stitch and
trim equipment for newspaper and periodical production

Additional information

Assessment of the qualification Candidates must:  have a completed portfolio of evidence for each unit chosen. Evidence The majority of the candidate’s evidence should come from direct observations of competence in the real workplace, unless specified in the award specific annex. Other types of acceptable evidence include, but are not limited to:  Witness Testimony  Logs/Diaries kept by Candidates  Recorded answers to questions posed by the Assessor  Recorded/Transcribed Interviews with the Candidate  Recorded use of up-to-date commercial/industrial equipment  e-portfolios and other forms of digital media  Works documentation attributable to the candidate  Both interim and final internal verification. Location of Assessment Although the majority of the candidate’s evidence should come from direct observations of competence in the real work place, in exceptional circumstances simulation of the real workplace may be allowed.

Pre-Press for Print Intermediate Apprenticeship

Price on request