NZQA Expiring unit standard
3711 version 7
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Title
Make ready a sheet-fed registering offset printing press for single
colour work
Level
3
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to set the sheet
control system, and make ready the sheet-fed offset printing
press for single colour work.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: Unit 3710, Make ready a sheet-fed nonregistering or registering offset printing press for single colour
work, 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 must include halftones.
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
Set the sheet control system.
Evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
1.1
3711 version 7
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Feeder and feedboard systems are set to suit the substrate feeding
requirements.
Range
single sheet feeder or stream feeder.
1.2
Sheet control and transfer systems are set to suit the substrate feeding
requirements.
1.3
Delivery and anti set-off systems are set to meet the requirements of the press
and job specifications.
1.4
Press is run ensuring that the sheet control system is set to transport the
substrate through the press.
Range
check – two sheet detecting device setting, feed gripper settings,
suction, airblast, registration, delivery.
Outcome 2
Make ready the sheet-fed offset printing press for single colour work.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Plate and packing are mounted; plate tensioned for stability during printing; and
cylinder pressure adjusted to suit substrate calliper.
2.2
Inking and damping systems are set to meet the requirements of the press and
job specifications.
2.3
Prints are taken and confirmed against job sample or layout for correct image
transfer and position.
2.4
Press is fine tuned ensuring the required production standards are achieved.
Range
2.5
may include, but is not limited to – pressures, inking, register,
delivery, ink and water balance.
Lay marks are placed on the plate ensuring consistent registration of the job is
achieved.
Range
side lay, head lays.
2.6
Prints are passed for production run and approval to run is obtained in
accordance with workplace practices.
2.7
Counter is set ready for commencement of run.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
Replacement information
3711 version 7
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This unit standard, unit standard 3710, unit standard
3712, unit standard 3713, and unit standard 3714 have
been replaced by unit standard 26318 and unit standard
26319.
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