Artworker Apprentice

COVERIS LABELS HOLDINGS UK LTD

Leeds, LS11 5DZ

Closes in 12 days (Friday 20 September)

Posted on 23 May 2024

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Summary

To complete the Apprenticeship Programme fulfilling all requirements of the Learn to Print Standard Level-3 Pre-Press for Print Course. At the end of your Apprenticeship training, attain the level of skill required to be a fully trained Artworker.

Annual wage
£13,260 a year

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Training course
Print technician (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm. 30 mins paid break.

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 7 October

Duration

2 Years 2 Months

Positions available

2

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

To complete the Apprenticeship Programme fulfilling all requirements of the Learn to Print Standard Level-3 Pre-Press for Print Course.

At the end of your Apprenticeship training, attain the level of skill required to be a fully trained Artworker.

Interact and behave accordingly with all your colleagues in the Artwork, Repro, Quality Control and Account Management areas.

As part of the Artwork team, you will actively provide support to the team and the Production Manager to facilitate the successful delivery of all client requests, providing first class artwork delivery and first-class customer service.

As a leading European print & packaging company, we are currently recruiting for 2 apprentices to join our Artwork team, based in Leeds. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone looking at getting into a Artworker role.

The successful candidates will attend a training centre with Learn2Print, as well as completing online work.

Key Areas of Responsibility

  • You will report directly to the Brand Guardian for the full term of your apprenticeship
  • Ensure you attend all classes for the duration of the Pre-Press to Print course
  • Ensure you fulfil all obligations and requirements from your tutor on the course
  • Read and refer to your Staff Handbook to understand our business core values, our expectations from you in your behaviour to others, adhering to company policies, and ensure you are aware of all requirements in our Health & Safety policy.
  • Strive to complete all artworks on time in full (OTIF), and right first time (RFT).
  • Complete 1st build artworks and amend all artwork in accordance to standard operating procedures (SOP’s)
  • Follow any Mark-up/range notes/guidelines where applicable
  • Ensure artwork correctly adheres to specific print specification
  • Actively engage in learning guidelines and other areas of the studio
  • Be open minded and willing to learn new skills. Communicate to the wider team to ensure queries are addressed quickly and efficiently
  • Work with the Production Manager to support where fluctuations of workload demand
  • Maintain good housekeeping

Where you’ll work

Rivendell

London House

Central Park

Leeds

LS11 5DZ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LEARN 2 PRINT LIMITED

Your training course

Print technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Course contents
  • Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
  • Plan and prioritise work
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing.
  • Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
  • Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
  • Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
  • Apply team working principles.
  • Convert customer files to print-ready files using software and workflow packages.
  • Check, process and transmit digital files using software.
  • Create and edit digital images.
  • Conversion of digital files into colour separations for the defined production method.
  • Apply digital techniques to produce a proof.
  • Apply colour profiles to the design.
  • Apply production techniques to produce plates, screens, or output files.
  • Apply pre-press quality assurance procedures.
  • Set up and check the multi-unit print press, including speeds, inks and toners and pre-printing quality checks.
  • Follow print press start up or warm up procedures.
  • Apply print press operations and techniques, including managing colour. Handle variable data on digital presses.
  • Follow quality control processes during printing, including checking for colour matching, print resolution, product consistency.
  • Apply press equipment and machinery maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
  • Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, hand over procedures. Escalate issues.
  • Apply press quality assurance procedures.
  • Apply safe systems of work to the printing press process in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidelines. This should include identifying risks and hazards and the handling and disposal of chemicals.
  • Set up finishing equipment for example, guillotines, stitching-trimming machinery, binding machinery, laminating equipment, die-cutters.
  • Operate finishing equipment to apply different finishing processes, for example, varnishing, folding, embossing and debossing, foil blocking, scoring, packing, gluing, match and attach, tab and slot, sorting, banding.
  • Prepare printing for next stage, including packing and wrapping.
  • Apply post-press equipment maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
  • Apply post-press quality assurance procedures such as checking for folding accuracy, stitch alignment, foil position.
  • Apply safe systems of work to the finishing process in compliance with regulations, standards and guidelines, including the handling and disposal of chemicals.
  • Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
  • Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
  • Plan and prioritise work
  • Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
  • Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
  • Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
  • Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
  • Communicate in writing.
  • Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
  • Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
  • Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
  • Apply team working principles.

    • Your training plan

    A full plan will be formulated to give a progressive, structured training scheme. Training modules will be issued at each stage covering all aspects of on-site training with hands–on experience. This will cover everything including health and safety and general industrial practices. Industry specific technical training will take place on every module offering the apprentice a unique opportunity to learn from industry professionals. Training on each module will be to a required standard rather than a time limit.

    Content:

    • Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard for Print Technician
    • One day per month study offsite workplace with Learn2print Allocated assessor with regular visits to the workplace to review practical element of the apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade Grade C/4 or above)
    • Maths (grade Grade C/4 or above)

    Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

    Skills

    • Communication skills
    • Attention to detail
    • Organisation skills
    • Problem solving skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Proactive approach
    • Positive, can do approach
    • Enthusiastic
    • Calm under pressure
    • Friendly and approachable
    • Flexible to needs of business
    • Willingness to multiskill
    • Innovative thinker

    About this company

    A leading European print & packaging company

    http://www.coveris.com (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    • Full time position within the company is available to the right candidate on completion of the apprenticeship programme.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    LEARN 2 PRINT LIMITED

    Nicole Aylward

    nicole.aylward@coveris.com

    07784229188

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000253074.

    Apply now

    Closes in 12 days (Friday 20 September)

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