Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to prepare screen print design samples for textiles.
The unit of competency applies to the use of stencil, or silk-screen printing techniques to produce designs and artwork for textiles to be used for garments, textile products, furnishing fabrics or accessories or public art commissions.
Screen printing involves the use of manual techniques, tools and equipment.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Determine job requirements | 1.1 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
1.2 | Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times | ||
1.3 | Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs | ||
1.4 | Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Prepare to prepare stencils and screens | 2.1 | Analyse design specifications and confirm stencil requirements with appropriate personnel |
2.2 | Set up workstation, tools and equipment according to specifications and workplace procedures | ||
2.3 | Identify desired effects of screen printing and select appropriate conversion technique to achieve required design outcome | ||
2.4 | Prepare and label layouts and select media to prepare stencils | ||
2.5 | Complete stencils and check against design | ||
3 | Prepare screens | 3.1 | Select screen types and mesh for appropriate substrates |
3.2 | Prepare screens for stencil process and check against quality standards | ||
3.3 | Expose stencil masters according to industry specifications | ||
3.4 | Develop screen images, dry and finish | ||
3.5 | Apply screen preparation according to workplace procedures | ||
4 | Test screens and stencil quality | 4.1 | Print strike off and check against design specifications to ensure quality standards are met |
4.2 | Identify screen and stencil faults and determine causes | ||
4.3 | Apply modifications to screens, as required, using appropriate techniques, processes or materials | ||
4.4 | Complete screens and prepare for production processes | ||
4.5 | Examine outcomes and check against specifications with appropriate personnel |
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:
preparation of stencils on at least two (2) occasions for use with textile printing
reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices
using tools and equipment associated with screen printing
analysing design specifications and interpreting production requirements
identifying and addressing faults
determining requirements of design and conversion to print
making minor adjustments to equipment
using printing techniques to test screens and stencil quality
finalising screens ready for production
evaluating own work, consulting relevant personnel and conducting quality checks
applying workplace procedures.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:
safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
characteristics of stencil and screen types :
timber, steel and aluminium framed
butt, mitre, nailed, glued, screwed and welded
rectangle, rotary, hat and flat bed
specific design and printing practices
design types:
repeat patterns
border designs
placement prints
engineered designs
banners
printing processes and practices
different types of screens and meshes:
mesh types:
material
nylon
polyester
metal
colour:
white
yellow
red
size
mono or multi-filament
screen preparation:
checking for mesh tension
degreasing
haze removing
registration marks applied
coating
different types of medium
ruby lithe
designers opaque
ink
black wax crayon
digital prints
drafting film
pen
conversion techniques
stencil and printing techniques
screen and stencil and production faults
quality practices
workplace procedures
recording and reporting practices.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must:
satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment, as set by the VET regulator
have vocational competency in preparing stencils and screens for screen printing, at least to the level being assessed, with relevant industry knowledge and experience.
Assessment should occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible, or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment reflecting realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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 |
Conversion techniques include one or more of the following: | basic stencils hand cut and hand drawn stencils photosensitive stencils autographic digitally generated stencils multi-coloured separations |
Finish includes one or more of the following: | touch up and tape, as required wash image clean and dry check for pinholes clean wash out of image |
Tools and equipment include one or more of the following: | rulers and tape measures light boxes graph paper photocopier overhead projector photocopier computer equipment computer-aided design (CAD) software tables |
Screen and stencil and production faults include one or more of the following: | uneven screen coating incorrectly stretched screen mesh poorly registered artwork/separations inaccurate repeat measurements incorrect exposure time used wet coating trough causing pinholes warped screen frames insufficient print paste used off printing poorly developed image poor quality colour separations stencil opacity insufficient |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Textile design and development