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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 print designs
   • 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 outcome
   • Select woven and non-woven substrates and quantities according to design requirements
   • Select stencil techniques, stencil types, masters, screen types, meshes and medium according to requirements of printing technique and design
3. Apply screen printing procedure
   • Set up workstation, tools and equipment according to specifications for work
   • Check woven or non-woven substrates to be printed against quality standards
   • Prepare stencil masters, meshes and screens for printing according to requirements for selected printing technique
   • Apply screen printing techniques to meet design specifications for sample and according to workplace procedures
   • Finish screen print and complete housekeeping
4. Check and finalise printing
   • Check completed print meets design specifications and quality standards
   • Identify printing faults and production problems, and determine causes
   • Determine and apply necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials
   • Check and confirm outcomes with appropriate personnel
   • 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
Printing techniques include one or more of the following:	registered techniques: tabs multi-coloured print rail registration lays placement printing flatbed repeat printing off-contact wet-on-wet flood coat dry pull
Stencil types include one or more of the following:	basic stencils photosensitive stencils hand cut and hand drawn stencils digitally-generated stencils autographic
Screen types include one or more of the following:	timber, steel and aluminium framed butt, mitre, nailed, glued, screwed and welded rectangle, rotary, hat and flat bed
Meshes include one or more of the following:	mesh types: material nylon polyester metal colour: white yellow red size mono or multi-filament
Screen preparation includes one or more of the following:	reclaim de-grease wash and dry apply emulsion attach master and expose to light source
Finish includes one or more of the following:	touch up and tape, as required wash image clean and dry

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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

interpreting design brief to identify desired effects of screen printing, and selecting appropriate printing techniques, tools and equipment

performing screen printing techniques to meet design specifications and achieve design effects and according to workplace procedures, on at least two (2) occasions

checking completed print meets design specifications and quality standards, and identifying printing faults and production problems, and their causes

applying necessary modifications to printing techniques, processes or materials and confirming outcomes with appropriate personnel

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

specific design and printing practices

screen printing tools and equipment:

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

vacuum print tables

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 processes and practices

different types of screens and meshes

different types of medium:

inks

dyes

specialist inks

binders

extenders

reducers

additives

evaporative

catalytic

thermoset

sublimation

woven and non-woven substrate characteristics:

knits

felt

ceramic

vinyl

wool

silk

cotton

stencil and printing techniques and problems

printing problems and production faults:

uneven screen coating

incorrectly stretched screen mesh

poorly registered print

inaccurate repeat measurements

poor squeegee action

insufficient print paste used

off printing

poor preparations of substrates

inappropriate fixing of dyes and pigments

poorly exposed screen

poor quality colour separations

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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