Qualifications and Training Programmes 

PrintNZ Training offers a broad range of training programmes, from introductory training to full apprenticeship programmes and many options in between. Download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

We work with companies to develop training that suits their particular needs. As well as offering qualifications and courses for the printing and packaging industries, we also offer or can arrange training in customer service, OSH, First Aid, forklift driving and other general areas. Download our general training guide here.

Qualifications and Training Programmes

> Digital Processes for Print

> Binding and Finishing

> Direct Mail

> Fibreboard Packaging

> Reel-fed Printing

> Screen Printing

> Sheet-fed Printing

> Pad Printing

>  Diploma in Management – Print

> General Training

> Literacy Skills

> Competitive Manufacturing

> 2009 Training Fees Schedule

Digital Processes for Print

The Digital Processes for Print package consists of comprehensive training programmes in digital printing, graphic pre-press, screen printing, sign-making, large format, advertising and print design. Qualifications are available at Level 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).

Introductory courses cover safety in the workplace, knowledge about printing, finishing, copyright and confidentiality, and the basics of the digital printing industry. Choose from a range of options to best suit your career path and working environment, including:

• Digital printing of client files
• Creating documents and digital printing
• Design and layout
• Large format printing
• Finishing for large format printing
• Colour management
• Variable data
• Archiving
• Typography
• Digital imaging
• Preparing files for print
• Impositions
• Making plates
• Customer service
• Bar coding
• Planning and production
• Digital photography

For more information, download our Training Module information here.

Binding and Finishing

There are three Level 4 apprenticeship programmes available in this sector:

• Machine Bookbinding,
• Hand Bookbinding
• Print Finishing, which includes different unit standards for Sheet-fed and Reel-fed processes.

National Certificate programmes are also available at Levels 2 and 3.

Skills in these programmes include:

• Safety
• Industry knowledge
• Substrates
• Trade calculations
• Business and quality principles
• Hand skills such as wire stitching, packaging and dispatch
• Guillotine operation skills
• Hand bookbinding skills such as sewing, manual blocking, repair and re-bind.

The full apprenticeship programme for the Binding and Finishing sector takes around three and a half years to complete, but an apprentice or a trainee can complete sooner if they pass all the required assessments. For more information about Binding and Finishing programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.
 

Direct Mail

Advances in technology have led to the automation of the direct mailing industry. Those who work in this sector are skilled in operating direct mail machinery including laser and inkjet printers, inserters, film wrappers and sorters. Training programmes are available at Levels 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework and training can be tailored to meet the specific needs of your business.

Skills learned in the Direct Mail apprenticeship programmes include:

• Hand-line skills  and packing including folding, assembly methods, mail sorting
• Industry knowledge such as quality control, storage and warehousing systems
• Preparing and handling substrates
• Safety
• Problem solving
• Business and quality principles.

For more information about our Direct Mail training programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Fibreboard Packaging

Full apprenticeship programmes or specifically tailored training packages are available through PrintNZ Training for the Fibreboard Packaging sector. Programmes are available in Corrugated Board Manufacture, Gluing, Diecutting, Diemaking and Printing.

The general skills involved in the apprenticeship programme include:

• Safety
• Trade knowledge including machine design, colour terms, workflow and warehousing
• Maintenance
• Trade calculations
• Business and quality principles
• Quality practices and environment.

Training programmes are available at Level 2, 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework. For more information about our Fibreboard Packaging programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Reel-fed Printing

Reel-fed printing training programmes are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework and as a full apprenticeship or specifically tailored training packages.  Programmes are available in Offset, Letterpress, Gravure and Flexographic printing.

The general skills involved in the apprenticeship programme include:

• Safety
• Trade knowledge including colour theory, measurements, processes and capabilities, technology developments and bar code printing
• Printing including machinery preparation and care, files and prints, single, multi-colour and four colour processes and washup
• Trade calculations
• Preparing and handling substrates
• Maintenance
• Business and quality principles.

For more information about our Reel-fed Printing programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Screen Printing

Three apprenticeship programmes are available through PrintNZ Training for the Screen Printing sector – Flat Sheet, Fabric (panel) and Formed Shapes. Level 2 and 3 training programmes are also available, and additional units are also available through our Digital Processes training programmes.

The general skills taught in this programme include:

• Safety
• Using stencils and screens
• Preparing and handling substrates
• Maintenance
• Printing including single colour, multi-colour and four colour processes
• Trade calculation
• Trade knowledge
• Business and quality principles.

For more information about our Screen Printing programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Sheet-fed Printing

A range of training programmes and apprenticeships are available for Sheet-fed printers, including Sheet-fed Letterpress, Sheet-fed Offset and Sheet-fed Small Offset. The programmes are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework and can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the workplace.

The general skills taught in this programme include:

• Safety
• Trade knowledge including main production processes, technology developments, halftones, colour theory, static electricity and relative humidity.
• Printing including impositions, machine preparation, single colour, multi-colour and four colour processes and washup.
• Trade calculations
• Preparing and handling substrates
• Maintenance
• Business and quality principles.

For more information about our Sheet-fed Printing programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Pad Printing

PrintNZ Training offers a National Certificate in Pad Printing – Level 3, comprising 54 credits. A limited Starter programme of 20 credits is also available, as is an Advanced Production option, worth 40 credits.

Skills included in the training programmes include:

• Safety
• Colour and ink knowledge
• Substrates
• Problem solving
• Introductory knowledge
• Machinery and equipment
• Business and quality principles.

For more information about our Pad Printing programmes, download a copy of our Print: Skills for your Workplace booklet here or contact us for a hard copy.

Diploma in Management- Print

The Level 5 Diploma in Management — Print is a great way to advance your career in the print or packaging industries. If you already work or are planning to work in production, administration, sales or management, this is the ideal way to advance your knowledge, skills and qualifications for the present and future.

The Diploma in Management - Print is a flexible qualification, providing several options depending on whether you wish to complete just a few papers, or the full Diploma qualification. There are three steps to completing the Diploma:

• Level 4 National Certificate
• Level 5 National Certificate
• Level 5 Diploma in Management – Print

You can start at any point, complete a full qualification or just a few papers. Talk to PrintNZ to discuss which option would suit you best. For more information download the Diploma in Management– Print booklet here.

General Training

Along with the printing specific training that PrintNZ Training administers, we can also assist with other general training in areas such as:

• Customer service
• First line management
• Communication
• OSH
• First Aid
• Environmental studies
• Lean and competitive manufacturing.

Most of the training in these areas will be carried out through our preferred providers/partners. The training is often formally linked to NZQA qualifications.

Download our General Training Guide here. If you have any questions, speak to your Training Liaison Officer, ring us on 0800 654 455 or email us at info@printnz.co.nz

Literacy Skills

Literacy skills include reading, writing and maths skills as well as comprehension and problem solving skills. Literacy skills are among the most important skills needed for work. Literacy levels impact on businesses and the economy, leading to lower productivity, lost time, wastage, errors and can contribute to workplace accidents.

PrintNZ Training can provide practical and financial help through our Workplace Literacy Fund to help businesses improve the literacy skills of employees. We act as a facilitator between a business and learning specialists, who provide tutors and literacy programmes. Tutors can provide one-on-one or with a small group of employees, often in the workplace.

For more information talk to your Training Liaison Officer, call 0800 654 455 or email us at info@printnz.co.nz

Competitive Manufacturing

Competitive Manufacturing provides the skills to implement modern manufacturing techniques required to sustain industry performance. Delivered in the workplace, the focus of this programme is on improving outcomes on the job. Units can be tailored to suit the needs of individual businesses.

Training programmes are available at Levels 2, 3 and 4 of the National Qualifications Framework, plus a Level 4 Facilitation Strand in First Line Management, Delivery of Adult Education and Training, Assessment of Learning, Interpersonal Communications or Competitive Manufacturing. A Limited Credit Programme is also available.

Skills included in the training programmes include:

• Applying competitive manufacturing practice
• Sustaining process improvement
• Managing the impact of change on work
• Interpreting product costs
• Undertaking root cause analysis.

For more information about the Competitive Manufacturing training programmes, please contact PrintNZ Training on 0800 654 455 or info@printnz.co.nz

2009 Training Fees 

Discounts (Apply to Groups 1 and 2)

Members Discounts: $100 off each invoice.

In-house Assessors: $75 discount off Level 3 & 4 invoices.

Modern Apprentice (16-21): $300 discount of registration invoice only.

Reattempts (Workplace assessments and competency tests) will be charged at $150 separately.

Gateway Schools

Registration $100, Study Notes $66.67 each, Workplace Assessment as per placement company rate. Maximum 20 credits. Maximum fee per student $350.