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Title
Make ready and print two or more colour close register sheet-fed
offset work
Level
4
Credits
30
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set the
inking rollers; make ready the printing press for two or more
colour close register sheet-fed offset work; print two or more
colour close register sheet-fed offset work; and undertake post
press tasks.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 3713, Print single colour work on a sheetfed registering offset press; and Unit 354, Carry out advanced
maintenance for sheet-fed printing; 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
To determine candidate’s ability to produce close register work, work must include
jobs which pass through the press two or more times.
5
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
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Outcome 1
Set the inking rollers.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Plate is mounted on press in accordance with the machine operator’s manual.
1.2
Roller defects are rectified in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
1.3
perished, swollen or shrunken ends, blemishes, glazing.
Plate inking rollers are set to the plate and the oscillator in accordance with the
machine operator’s manual.
Outcome 2
Make ready the printing press for two or more colour close register sheet-fed offset work.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ink sequence order is determined to meet the job requirements.
Range
ink drying, paper stretch, overprint finishes, backing up.
2.2
Make ready is carried out for the first colour.
2.3
Make ready is carried out for second and/or subsequent colours, ensuring that
both fit and register are achieved.
2.4
Auxiliary equipment is positioned and set to suit the requirements of the job
specifications.
Range
may include – numbering units, imprinting units, perforating
devices, perfecting devices.
Outcome 3
Print two or more colour close register sheet-fed offset work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
First colour is printed to meet the requirements of the job specifications.
3.2
Second and/or subsequent colours are printed to meet the requirements of the
job specifications.
3.3
Production standards are maintained throughout the print runs.
Range
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colour density, fit, register, overprinting colours.
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Printed copies are sorted to the standard of the pass sheet.
Outcome 4
Undertake post press tasks.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Quantity printed is checked against job documentation before wash up is
commenced or plate removed from cylinder.
4.2
Any discrepancies in quantity are rectified or reported in accordance with
workplace practices.
4.3
Job documentation is completed in accordance with workplace practices.
may include, but is not limited to – job sheets, time sheets,
electronic data storage.
Range
4.4
Printed substrate is prepared for forwarding to the next production process.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 3710, unit standard
3711, unit standard 3712, and unit standard 3713 have
been replaced by unit standard 26318 and unit standard
26319.
This unit standard replaced unit standard 359 and unit
standard 363.
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
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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
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