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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to screen print textiles
   • Analyse design specifications and discuss with appropriate personnel to confirm production requirements
   • Identify desired effects of screen printing and select appropriate printing technique to achieve required design outcome
   • Select textile substrates and quantities according to design requirements
   • Select stencil techniques, stencil types, masters, screen types, meshes and medium according to requirements of printing technique, substrate and design
3. Apply screen printing procedure
   • Set up workstation, tools and equipment according to specifications for work
   • Prepare substrates and check against quality standards
   • Prepare stencil masters, meshes and screens for printing according to requirements for selected printing technique
   • Prepare printing set up
   • Apply screen printing techniques to meet design specifications for sample and according to workplace procedures
4. Produce textile printed sample
   • Check strike off against design specifications to ensure quality standards are met
   • Identify printing faults and production problems and determine causes
   • Analyse printing process, technique and medium used to determine necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials
   • Print sample
   • Finish screen print and complete housekeeping
   • Examine outcomes with appropriate personnel and discuss and document possible modifications to design
   • Complete required documentation

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions PPE oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices
Appropriate personnel include one or more of the following:	trainers colleagues mentors designers members of the design team
Stencil types include one or more of the following:	basic stencils hand cut and hand drawn stencils photosensitive stencils autographic digitally generated stencils
Meshes include one or more of the following:	mesh types: material nylon polyester metal colour: white yellow red size mono or multi-filament
Screen printing tools and equipment include three or more of the following:	squeegees blocks lino brushes knives bucket, sink or container mixers rulers and tape measures screen-cleaning equipment and chemicals vacuum boards carousel printing tables with registration systems exposure unit scales high pressure hose screen coaters fans blow dryers light box slide projector overhead projector photocopier computer equipment computer-aided design (CAD) software
Printing problems and production faults include two or more of the following:	uneven screen coating incorrectly stretched screen mesh poorly registered print inaccurate repeat measurements poor squeegee action insufficient print paste used off printing poor preparation of substrates inappropriate fixing of dyes and pigments poorly exposed screen poor quality colour separations

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices

analysing design specifications and interpreting production requirements

identifying and addressing faults

determining effects of printing on woven and non-woven substrates

making minor adjustments to equipment

using printing techniques to achieve design effects on samples

producing screen printed designs on at least three (3) different textiles

analysing printing process, technique and medium used to determine necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials

examining outcomes with appropriate personnel and documenting possible modifications to design

completing required documentation.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

characteristics of fabrics

information resources on fibres and fabrics

printing techniques:

registered techniques:

multi-coloured

print rail

registration lays

placement printing

flatbed repeat printing

wet-on-wet

flood coat

dry pull

specific design and printing practices

screen preparation:

reclaim

de-grease

wash and dry

apply emulsion

registration

attach master and expose to light source

printing processes and practices

different types of screens and meshes:

timber, steel and aluminium framed

butt, mitre, nailed, glued, screwed and welded

rectangle, rotary, hat and flat bed

different types of medium:

inks

dyes

specialist inks

binders

extenders

reducers

additives

thermoset

sublimation

woven and non-woven substrate characteristics

stencil and printing techniques and equipment

textile substrates:

knitted fabric

felt

woven fabrics, such as wool, cotton, linen and silk

t- shirts

substrate preparation:

laundering

pre-shrinking

dying

pressing

stretching

stapling to print table

design outcomes:

repeat patterns

border designs

placement prints

engineered designs

banners

finishing:

touch up and tape, as required

wash image clean and dry

curing and heat setting

hemming

labelling

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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