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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of screen printing for signs
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
2
This unit standard is for people in the signmaking industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
construction of a screen; describe stencil preparation in terms
of design and layout; describe stencil production; and describe
the screen printing of signs.
Classification
Graphic Arts > Signmaking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the construction of a screen.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
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expiring
Description includes selection
of suitable mesh size according to a design brief.
Description includes selection of the frame according to design specifications
and frame characteristics.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to – film deposit, substrate, quality of
print required, static control, warp and weft.
Description includes stretching and attachment of mesh to frame.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcome 2
Describe stencil preparation in terms of design and layout.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description includes stencil design in relation to design and layout principles.
Range
includes but is not limited to – space, shape, harmony, variety,
contrast, rhythm, unity, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion,
balance.
2.2
Description includes selection and positioning of graphic elements in
compliance with a design brief.
2.3
Description includes style of composition in relation to a design brief.
2.4
Description includes layout in compliance with a design brief.
Outcome 3
Describe stencil production.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hand cut, CAD, photographic.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Description includes selection of stencil method according to design and
substrate.
Range
includes but is not limited to – wood, glass, plaster, plastic,
masonry, metal, vinyl.
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Range
includes butexpiring
is not limited to – direct, indirect, capillary.
3.2
Description includes stencil cutting methods suitable for stencil system selected.
3.3
Description includes identification and rectification of stencil faults prior to
screen printing.
Outcome 4
Describe the screen printing of signs.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Description includes printing to job specifications.
4.2
Description includes maintaining register throughout the process.
4.3
Description includes identification and rectification of faults after trial print.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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4.4
Description includes controls to ensure all work is undertaken with regard to
safety of personnel in the use of equipment, materials, and chemicals.
4.5
Description includes clean-up of all equipment, tools, and materials used prior to
storage.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
27584.
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
16 December 2003
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
23 January 2009
Review
3
19 January 2012
31 December 2016
Reinstatement
4
16 April 2015
31 December 2019
Rollover
5
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
31 December 2016
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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