Apprentice Pre-Press Technician - Level 3
HOBBS THE PRINTERS LIMITED
Hampshire, SO40 3YS
Closes in 13 days (Friday 3 January at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 December 2024
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Summary
Aimed at those interested in working within a creative print environment, the apprenticeship training will be delivered over 3 years, will take place both on, and off -the-job and a course tutor will be assigned. The apprenticeship will cover 3 areas - Core Knowledge, Skills & behaviours and Specialist Focus in Pre-Press.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 to £22,308 a year
- Training course
- Print technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 08:10am - 16:00pm or 08:30am - 16:20pm with a 20-minute unpaid break.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 3 February
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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1
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
- Typeset, page layout and amend files within predefined templates using the Adobe suite, primarily InDesign
- Send and receive digital files including proofs
- Plan work to meet production requirements
- Manage monochrome and colour digital workflows
- To create finished work meeting all customer requirements following ISO9001 procedures with zero defects and spoilage and achieving specified levels of productivity
- To work as a team member, supporting other members as required, and contributing to the process of continually improving work methods and techniques
- To undertake self-checking and monitoring of work produced, using own initiative to ensure quality and specification conformance.
- Promote and maintain health and safety in a print-related work environment
- To be able to work alone using own initiative to resolve operational issues and contributing to the process of continually improving work methods and techniques
Where you’ll work
Brunel Road
Totton
Hampshire
SO40 3YS
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
BPIF TRAINING 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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- Any subject (grade 4)
- Any subject (grade 4)
- Any subject (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
About this company
Hobbs the Printers is a commercial lithographic and digital print services company that specialise in producing and distributing business critical publications globally.
https://hobbs.uk.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, Free onsite parking, Company pension after 3 months,
After this apprenticeship
The apprentice will become a valuable member of the Pre-Press team.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HOBBS THE PRINTERS LIMITED
Ailsa Wooster
a.wooster@hobbs.uk.com
02380664800
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290461.
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Closes in 13 days (Friday 3 January at 11:59pm)
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