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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply knowledge of printing industry
- Apply knowledge of government Acts, regulations and codes of practice
- Basic principles and obligations involved in copyright, work health and safety (WHS), environmental protection, access and equity, and industrial awards are applied
- Codes of practice and responsibilities regarding both paper and electronic-based products and services, and direct marketing, are applied in personal work practices
- Legislative requirements regarding storage of data, addressing, ownership of lists, intellectual copyright, privacy and confidentiality of information are applied in personal work practices
- Mail house responsibilities in regard to public, clients, suppliers and employees are adhered to in personal work practices
- Apply knowledge of postal standards and requirements
- Identify enterprise processes and procedures
- Apply knowledge of computerised systems and associated software as used in mail house sector
- Apply knowledge of pre-press, printing, converting and finishing sectors and processes
- Principles and functions of image production (typesetting, scanning, camera), image combining (manual and electronic), image output (film, plates, direct to press) and digital workflow are used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Pre-press functions including image classification (type, line, tone), output settings (screen rulings, angles) and output devices (film setter, plate maker, proofer) are identified and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Conventional printing processes are used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Most suitable printing process for variety of jobs and products, taking into account cost, quality and end user requirements, is identified and used to inform decisions about printing processes where appropriate
- Capabilities and limitations of each printing process are investigated and used to inform decisions about printing processes where appropriate
- Basic principles and characteristics of a variety of converting and finishing operations (guillotining, collating, folding, inserting, fastening) are understood and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Terminology suited to those working in mail house, printing and related industries is applied in workplace
- Apply knowledge of substrates, inks, toners and coatings
- Substrates used for each printing process and properties that make them suitable are identified and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- International paper sizes (IPS) system, its basis and relationship of different paper sizes are used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Different weights, callipers and finishes of substrates and how they affect mailing and converting and finishing operations are identified and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Paper grain and how it affects pre-press, printing, finishing and mailing operations are investigated and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Ink characteristics (drying properties, fastness, gloss, opacity, tack, scuff resistance) and their effect on printing, finishing and end user requirements are investigated and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Desirable qualities for inks, toners and coatings to ensure suitability for substrate, finishing operations and end user requirements are investigated and used to inform production processes where appropriate
- Apply knowledge of costs of production
- Apply knowledge of production management requirements and systems