Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICP Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package Version 1.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1 Select plate

1.1 Job specifications are interpreted to determine the appropriate type of cylinder base and/or shell for the job

1.2 Cylinder and/or shell is selected to deliver output quality required by the job brief

2 Pre-plan process

2.1 Work area is tidied and cleaned to ensure output quality and a safe worksite

2.2 Exposure and coating equipment is maintained according to manufacturer’s specifications and safety requirements

2.3 Exposure is controlled using step wedges and densitometry

2.4 Cylinder is coated according to manufacturer’s specifications

2.5 Cylinder is exposed making sure image direction, autotrons and tracker lines are correctly positioned according to job specifications

2.6 Work health and safety (WHS) requirements are observed when handling chemicals

3 Expose plate

3.1 Chemical balance is checked and maintained in developing tank

3.2 Cylinder is developed according to manufacturer’s specifications, enterprise procedures and safety requirements

4 Develop plate

4.1 Etching bath is maintained to correct activity level according to manufacturer’s specifications and enterprise procedures

4.2 Cylinder is etched according to the job specifications (cell depth)

5 Finish plate

5.1 Establish a chemical register to identify and describe purpose of each chemical and ensure finished cylinders meet set specifications

5.2 All chemicals used in the workplace are identified and registered correctly according to safe working practices

Skill 

Performance Criteria 

Description 

Reading

1.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1

• Recognises and interprets text to establish job requirements from information contained within relevant procedures and specifications

Writing

5.1, 5.2

• Completes workplace records and forms accurately and legibly using correct technical and enterprise specific vocabulary

Navigate the world of work

2.1, 2.2, 2.6, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2

• Complies with legislative requirements and follows organisational policies and procedures relevant to own role

Get the work done

1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2

• Determines priorities and sequences steps involved in clearly defined, familiar tasks and identifies and assembles required resources
• Takes responsibility for planning and organising own workload, identifying ways of sequencing and combining elements for greater efficiency
• Initiates standard procedures when responding to familiar problems within immediate context

Code and title  

current version 

Code and title 

previous version 

Comments 

Equivalence status 

ICPPRP272 Produce gravure cylinders manually

ICPPP272C Produce gravure cylinders manually

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages

Equivalent unit

Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with ICP Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package Version 1.0.