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Title
Assist operator on a reel-fed offset printing press
Level
2
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: follow safety
requirements for the equipment being used; check
documentation and confirm requirements for the job are
available; prepare and handle substrates for reel-fed printing;
identify and use chemicals required for offset damping
systems; assist in make ready and printing tasks to ensure that
job requirements are met; and carry out post press tasks.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Reel-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 20667, Demonstrate trade knowledge for
reel-fed printing; and Unit 16513, Web up a reel-fed printing
press; 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
All production tasks assessed against this unit standard are to be carried out under
the direction of the press operator.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Follow safety requirements for the equipment being used.
Range
machine operating manual, workplace practices.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Machine start up, shut down and emergency procedures in the workplace are
explained.
1.2
Hazard control measures, as circulated by the company, are described and
followed.
1.3
Hazards or potential hazards in the workplace are identified and reported in
accordance with workplace practices.
Outcome 2
Check documentation and confirm requirements for the job are available.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Job documentation is checked to ensure that all specifications for the process
being undertaken are complete and any discrepancies are reported in
accordance with workplace practices.
2.2
Components required for the job are checked against the job documentation
and confirmed with the press operator.
Range
2.3
any of the following to meet job requirements – plates, job sample
or layout, ink, substrates, quantity, special instructions, adhesive
(permanent, removable, freezer).
Availability of equipment, as advised by the press operator, is confirmed.
Outcome 3
Prepare and handle substrates for reel-fed printing.
Range
any of the following to meet production requirements – paper, plastic film, foil,
metallised film.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Characteristics of substrates used on reel-fed presses are identified.
Range
3.2
grammage, calliper, width.
Handling of substrates is carried out in accordance with press operator’s
instructions.
Range
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may include but is not limited to – clean working environment,
clean hands, transporting methods, stacking, working side,
avoidance of damage to substrate, affinity to ink, avoidance of
personal injury.
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3.3
Damaged, flawed and substandard reels are repaired if useable or rejected in
accordance with workplace practices.
3.4
Substrate quantity issued is confirmed against job documentation.
Outcome 4
Identify and use chemicals required for offset damping systems.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Fountain additives are identified.
Range
water, fountain concentrate, alcohol or alcohol substitutes, driers,
water treatment agents.
4.2
Fountain concentrate is measured and diluted in accordance with press
operator’s instructions.
4.3
Fountain solution is checked for correct pH and/or conductivity reading and then
confirmed with the press operator.
Outcome 5
Assist in make ready and printing tasks to ensure that job requirements are met.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Plates are confirmed with the press operator as being correct for the job before
proceeding to secure in the press.
5.2
Plates are loaded and secured in the press in accordance with press operator’s
instructions.
5.3
Inking system on the press being operated is explained in terms of its operation.
5.4
Ink is added to the ducts and/or reservoirs in the correct amount in accordance
with workplace practices, ensuring colour consistency of job is achieved.
Outcome 6
Carry out post press tasks.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Job documentation is completed in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
6.2
may include but is not limited to – job sheets, time sheets,
electronic data storage, quality forms.
Post press tasks are carried out as required by the job documentation and in
accordance with workplace practices.
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may include but is not limited to – labelling, substrate handling,
filing plates, quality assurance (QA) requirements.
Range
6.3
Printed substrate is prepared for forwarding to the next production process as
instructed by the press operator.
6.4
Waste control procedures are followed in accordance with workplace practices,
local body and product requirements.
Range
recyclable waste, non-recyclable waste, security waste.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 16524 have been
replaced by unit standard 26314.
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
25 May 1999
31 December 2019
Review
2
22 March 2004
31 December 2019
Rollover
3
12 December 2008
31 December 2019
Review
4
18 June 2010
31 December 2019
Rollover
5
10 December 2015
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
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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