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Title
Demonstrate trade knowledge for sheet-fed printing
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: use trade
terms and vocabulary applicable to sheet-fed printing;
demonstrate knowledge of halftones; demonstrate knowledge
of the machinery and equipment used in sheet-fed printing;
explain ways of overcoming problems associated with static
electricity and relative humidity in regard to sheet-fed printing,
demonstrate knowledge of product bar code printing;
demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of processes
related to sheet-fed printing; demonstrate knowledge of colour
theory and use colour terms.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Use trade terms and vocabulary applicable to sheet-fed printing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Trade terms and vocabulary applicable to sheet-fed printing are listed and
defined.
Range
Competenz
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may include, but is not limited to – acid, alcohol, alkali, A sizes, art
work, back up, blanket, bleed, bleed plate, block, caption, collate,
conditioner, conductivity, copy, creasing, dampers, dummy,
embossing, endpapers, etching, flexography, fly leaf, folio,
footnote, fore edge, form, forme, fountain solution, front lay, fullbound, gathering, gravure, grip, gum, guillotine, halftone, halftone
screen, illustrations, imposition, impression, imprint, intaglio,
interleaving, lay, leaf, leaflet, letterpress, line image, lithography,
make-up, margins, offset, one-up (two-up), page, pH, point
system, pamphlet, perfecting, plate, proof, register, reprint, saddle
stitching, scoring, screen printing, scumming, section mark,
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sensitised, sewing, self backer, side lay, side stapling or stitching,
signature, signature mark, solvent, spine, work and turn, work and
tumble, densitometer, spectrophotometer, moiré, computer to
plate (CTP), digital imaging (DI).
1.2
Trade terms and vocabulary applicable to sheet-fed printing are used in the
production process being undertaken.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of halftones.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Use of halftone and line film is described in terms of reproducing an original
copy.
2.2
Halftone screen ruling applications are described for different kinds of
substrates and methods of printing.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the machinery and equipment used in sheet-fed printing.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Machinery used in sheet-fed printing is described in terms of its function.
Range
3.2
single colour, multi colour, convertible.
Sheet-fed printing equipment used in the workplace is described in terms of its
functions and applications.
Range
may include, but is not limited to – numbering, imprinting,
scoring/creasing, perforating, slitting.
Outcome 4
Explain ways of overcoming problems associated with static electricity and relative
humidity in regard to sheet-fed printing.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Static electricity problems are outlined and ways of overcoming these are
explained.
Range
4.2
substrate problems, static eliminators, temperature control,
humidity.
Relative humidity problems are outlined and ways of overcoming these are
explained.
Competenz
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paper distortion, temperature control, relative humidity control
units.
Outcome 5
Demonstrate knowledge of product bar code printing.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Product bar coding is described in terms of format and functions.
Range
5.2
format – country of origin, manufacturer, product, check number;
functions – storing information and identifying individual products,
pricing, recording stock.
Process for reporting product bar coding faults is described in accordance with
workplace practices.
Range
positioning, readability, colour combinations, printing tolerances,
size.
Outcome 6
Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of processes related to sheet-fed printing.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Related processes and their requirements in regard to sheet-fed printing are
outlined.
Range
6.2
Print finishes used in the workplace are described in terms of their special
printing requirements.
Range
6.3
graphic pre-press, binding and finishing, paperboard packaging.
may include, but is not limited to – overglossing, lamination,
waxing, ultraviolet (UV) coating, aqueous coating, blister
packaging, hot foil stamping, embossing.
Laser printing is described in terms of the requirements of sheet-fed printing.
Range
grain direction, ink, moisture content.
Outcome 7
Demonstrate knowledge of colour theory and use colour terms.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Colour theory is explained in terms of additive colours (red, green and blue
light).
Competenz
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7.2
Colour theory is explained in terms of subtractive colours (cyan, magenta and
yellow pigments).
7.3
Ranges of visual colour, red, green, blue (RGB) and cyan, magenta, yellow,
black (CMYK), are explained in terms of their relationship to each other.
7.4
Colour terms applicable to the production processes being undertaken are
used.
may include, but is not limited to – primary colours, secondary
colours, additive colours, subtractive colours, complementary
colours, lightfast, hue, hue error, greyness, efficiency.
Range
7.5
Correct viewing conditions are explained in terms of their importance to colour
matching.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
26321.
This unit standard replaced unit standard 352 and unit
standard 16508.
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
22 October 2003
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
2
12 December 2008
Review
3
18 June 2010
31 December 2019
Rollover
4
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.
Competenz
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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
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