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Title
Make ready and print four colour process sheet-fed offset work on a
four colour press
Level
5
Credits
25
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: make ready
the four colour sheet-fed offset printing press for four colour
process work; print four colour process sheet-fed offset work on
a four colour press; and undertake post press tasks.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: Unit 3715, Make ready and print four colour
process sheet-fed offset work on a single or two colour press,
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All workplace practices must meet any applicable and recognised codes of practice,
and documented workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures for
personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the
obligations required under current law including the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
workplace.
3
Jobs undertaken for this unit standard must include work for a minimum sheet size of
A3, and work must be carried out on a four colour sheet-fed offset press.
4
Candidates undertaking this unit standard must provide evidence of normal colour
vision. Further information on PrintNZ Training’s policy for colour vision can be
obtained from PrintNZ Training, PO Box 31131, Lower Hutt 5040.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Make ready the four colour sheet-fed offset printing press for four colour process work.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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3716 version 7
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Sequence order of inks is determined to meet the job requirements.
Range
trapping, ink tack, absorbency and surface of substrate, dot gain
effects, areas of critical register, back trapping, final colours
required.
1.2
Make ready is carried out for four colour process work.
1.3
Quality of tonal values and secondary colours produced meets the job
requirements and customer specifications.
Outcome 2
Print four colour process sheet-fed offset work on a four colour press.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Four colour process work is printed to meet requirements of the job
specifications.
Range
may include, but is not limited to – proofs, progressives, customer
standards, company standards.
2.2
Densitometer is used to determine colour consistency, dry back, dot gain and
ink trapping.
2.3
Production standards are maintained throughout the print runs.
Outcome 3
Undertake post press tasks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Quantity printed is checked against job documentation before wash up is
commenced or plates are removed from cylinders.
3.2
Any discrepancies in quantity are rectified or reported in accordance with
workplace practices.
3.3
Job documentation is completed in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
3.4
may include, but is not limited to – job sheets, time sheets,
electronic data storage.
Printed substrate is prepared for forwarding to the next production process.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
Replacement information
3716 version 7
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This unit standard and unit standard 3715 have been
replaced by unit standard 26320.
This unit standard replaced unit standard 364 and unit
standard 360.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 March 1995
31 December 2019
Revision
2
20 July 1998
31 December 2019
Review
3
25 May 1999
31 December 2019
Review
4
22 October 2003
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
5
12 December 2008
Review
6
18 June 2010
31 December 2019
Rollover
7
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0005
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016