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Title
Undertake pre-make ready for reel-fed printing (letterpress,
flexographic and gravure processes)
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: check
documentation and confirm requirements for the job are
available; prepare and handle substrates for reel-fed printing in
accordance with workplace practices; confirm image carriers
meet production requirements; use inks and ink additives to
meet job specifications; and determine run sequence and
number of printing units required.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Reel-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 340, Demonstrate knowledge of safe
working practices in the printing and graphic pre-press
industries; Unit 20667, Demonstrate trade knowledge for reelfed printing; and Unit 16526, Demonstrate knowledge of
substrates used on reel-fed presses; 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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Check documentation and confirm requirements for the job are available.
Evidence requirements
Competenz
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1.1
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.
1.2
Components required for the job are checked against job documentation and
their availability confirmed.
Range
1.3
any of the following to meet job requirements – plates and/or
cylinders, job sample or layout, ink, substrates, quantity, special
instructions, adhesive (permanent, removable, freezer).
Availability of equipment, as determined by the job specifications, is confirmed.
Outcome 2
Prepare and handle substrates for reel-fed printing in accordance with workplace
practices.
Range
any of the following as required to meet the production requirements – paper,
plastic film, foil, metallised film.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Substrate characteristics which are likely to cause printing problems are
identified.
Range
substrate characteristics (dependent on the substrate used)
include – grammage, calliper, smoothness, opacity, transparency,
coatings, absorbency, pH, strength, colour, finish, receptivity, grain
direction, laser printer compatibility, slip treatment, moisture
content.
2.2
Substrate is confirmed as meeting the requirements of the job specifications.
2.3
Substrate quantity, including overs, is calculated and quantity issued is
confirmed against job specifications.
2.4
Substrates are conditioned as necessary to achieve smooth running on the
press.
2.5
Acceptance and retention properties of non-absorbent substrates are checked
and problems are solved or reported in accordance with workplace practices.
2.6
Damaged, flawed and substandard reels are repaired if useable or rejected in
accordance with workplace practice.
2.7
Handling and storage of substrates are carried out in accordance with
workplace practice.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
(dependent on substrate being used to meet requirements of the
job specifications)
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handling – clean working environment, clean hands, transporting
methods, stacking, avoidance of damage to substrate, avoidance
of personal injury;
storage – light, temperature, air flow control, relative humidity, age
(stock rotation), ease of access, identification of stock, ‘return to
stock’ product is clearly marked, reject stock.
Outcome 3
Confirm image carriers meet production requirements.
Range
plates, plate cylinders or sleeves.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Image carriers are checked for suitability for press requirements.
3.2
Image carriers are checked against proof for image defects.
Range
missing images, unwanted images, position of image, orientation
of image.
Outcome 4
Use inks and ink additives to meet job specifications.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Inks required to meet job specifications are identified and used.
Range
4.2
Ink quantities required for the job are calculated in accordance with workplace
practices.
Range
4.3
may include but is not limited to – drying properties, transparency,
colourfastness, scuff, odour free, bleed problems, substrate, gloss,
colour, opacity, overprint finish, laser printer compatibility, toxicity,
foil stamping.
historical, formula.
Ink additives are identified, selected and used to ensure quality of print meets
job requirements.
Range
any of – solvents, reducers, extenders, antifoams.
Outcome 5
Determine run sequence and number of printing units required.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Run sequence is established to meet the requirements of the job specifications.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Number of printing units required is determined to meet the requirements of the
job specifications.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 2258 have been
replaced by unit standard 26310.
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
29 July 1994
31 December 2019
Revision
2
20 July 1998
31 December 2019
Review
3
25 May 1999
31 December 2019
Review
4
22 March 2004
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