Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply knowledge of printing industry
- Apply knowledge of government acts and regulations
- Basic principles and obligations involved in copyright, OHS, environmental protection, access and equity and industrial awards are understood in relation to the workplace
- The basic principles and obligations involved in copyright, OHS, environmental protection, access and equity and industrial awards are followed in personal work practices
- Identify categories of the ink manufacturing sector and enterprise products and services
- The scope of the ink manufacturing sector, its products, services and client/supplier profile can be identified
- Enterprise products and services, their characteristics and their end use, specifically with regard to the printing industry, are identified
- Printing processes and procedures and their implication for ink manufacture are understood and used to inform decisions about ink usage
- Identify enterprise processes and procedures
- Manufacturing processes and quality control procedures for ink/coating/varnish/resin/chemical production are understood and used to inform decisions about ink usage
- Raw material, intermediate and final product testing and recording procedures within the enterprise are identified and applied in personal work practices
- Product research and development capacity and opportunities are identified and explored for professional development and enterprise purposes
- Apply knowledge of testing procedures
- Appropriate testing procedures for each stage of product manufacture are described, evaluated, and improvements are applied where required
- Workplace quality assurance procedures are understood and applied in the workplace
- Procedures for developing and testing formulae for new product with reference to end use and capability and suitability of manufacturing processes are described and applied in the workplace