Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply knowledge of printing industry
- Apply knowledge of government Acts and regulations
- Identify categories of ink manufacturing sector and enterprise products and services
- Scope of ink manufacturing sector, its products, services and client or supplier profile are identified
- Enterprise products and services, their characteristics and their end use, specifically with regard to printing industry, are identified
- Printing processes and procedures and their implication for ink manufacture are used to inform decisions about ink usage
- Identify enterprise processes and procedures
- Manufacturing processes and quality control procedures for ink, coating, varnish, resin, or chemical production are identified and used to inform decisions about ink usage
- Raw material, intermediate and final product testing and recording procedures within 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 and evaluated, and improvements applied where required
- Workplace quality assurance procedures are applied in 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 workplace