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Title
Make ready and print two colour sheet-fed letterpress work
Level
4
Credits
30
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: make ready
the printing press for two colour close register sheet-fed
letterpress work; prepare auxiliary equipment required for the
job; print two colour close register sheet-fed letterpress work
including numbering and perforating; and undertake post press
tasks.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 370, Print single colour sheet-fed letterpress
work; 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 to a minimum sheet size of
SRA3, and must include halftones.
4
To determine the candidate’s ability to produce close register work, work must
include jobs run as a single colour.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Make ready the printing press for two colour close register work.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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work to include halftones;
work to be to a minimum sheet size of A5;
to determine ability to produce close register work, work must include jobs run
as a single colour.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Ink sequence order is determined to meet the job requirements.
Range
ink drying, paper stretch, overprint finishes, backing up.
1.2
Make ready is carried out for the first colour of a two colour close register job.
1.3
Make ready is carried out for second colour of a two colour close register job
ensuring that an exact fit between colours is achieved.
Outcome 2
Prepare auxiliary equipment required for the job.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Numbering machines are located and skip wheels are altered to suit the job
specifications.
2.2
Numbering machines are tested to ensure optimum functioning.
Range
2.3
Perforating rules are selected to suit both the substrate and the job
requirements.
Range
2.4
either of – forward or backward.
paper, board.
Cutting, creasing and scoring rules are prepared to meet the requirements of
the job specifications.
Outcome 3
Print two colour close register work including numbering and perforating.
Range
work to include halftones;
work to be to a minimum sheet size of A5;
to determine ability to produce close register work, work must include jobs run
as a single colour.
Evidence requirements
3.1
First colour of a two colour close register job (including halftones) is printed to
meet the requirements of the job specifications.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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3.2
Second colour of a two colour close register job (including halftones) is printed
to meet the requirements of the job specifications.
3.3
Numbering and perforating is carried out to meet the requirements of the job
specifications.
3.4
Production standards are maintained throughout the print runs.
Range
3.5
colour density, fit, register, overprinting colours.
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 and plate is removed from cylinder, and any discrepancies are
rectified or reported in accordance with workplace practices.
4.2
Job documentation is completed in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
4.3
any of – job sheets, time sheets, electronic data storage.
Printed substrate is prepared for forwarding to the next production process.
Range
drying, packaging, further processes.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 369 and unit
standard 371.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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
Revision
4
15 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