CIB - 733 Printing and Graphic Arts - apprenticeships and traineeships

Date of effect
27 August 2010

Qualification

ICP31220 Certificate III in Printing

Terms of apprenticeship

Full time:

• 48 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part time:

• 72 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

Probationary period

3 months

Date of effect
26 June 2020

Qualification

ICP31320 Certificate III in Print Binding, Finishing and Packaging

Terms of apprenticeship

Full time:

• 48 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part time:

• 72 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

Probationary period

3 months

Date of effect
26 June 2020

Qualification

ICP31420 Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production

Terms of apprenticeship

Full time:

• 48 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved.

Part time:

• 72 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

Probationary period

3 months

Date of effect
26 June 2020

Qualification

ICP20120 Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts

Terms of traineeship:

Full time:

• 12 months or until the relevant competencies are achieved

Part time:

See part-time apprenticeships and traineeships

School based

ICP20120 Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts

The term for a school based traineeship will be calculated in months from the date of commencement to 31 December of the HSC year. During this period the school-based trainee must undertake a minimum of 100 days of on-the-job training.

Probationary period

2 months

Certificate III level trainees work as print machinists who typically set up and operate letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure printing presses, digital printers, and work on a range of printed products. They prepare material, monitor and run equipment and machinery and apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems. They may also provide leadership and guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.

Certificate III level trainees work in the print manufacturing area creating printed products by hand or machine. They are responsible for post-press and finishing states of the print process and apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems. They may provide leadership and guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.

Certificate III level trainees work as a pre-media tradesperson. Typically they design and prepare layouts and artwork, manipulate images and text to meet production and design requirements and apply solutions to a defined range of problems associated with, and characteristic to, the print medium. They may also provide some leadership and guidance to others with some limited responsibility for the output of others.

Certificate II level trainees perform a range of mainly routine tasks in the printing and graphic arts industry. They work under direct supervision and use limited practical skills and fundamental operational knowledge in a defined context. It is preparatory qualification that can be used as a pathway into a range of specialist Certificate III qualifications within the industry.

The ICPr4.1 Printing and Graphic Arts Training Package includes the following qualifications that support apprenticeships and traineeships.

Apprenticeships

Three qualifications support apprenticeship pathways:

• ICP31220 Certificate III in Printing
• ICP31320 Certificate III in Print Binding, Finishing and Packaging
• ICP31420 Certificate III in Prepress Graphic Design Production

Traineeships

One qualification supports traineeship pathways

• ICP20120 Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts

Apprentices employed under the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award 2020 are able to progress through the apprenticeship on the achievement of competencies rather than time served.

The rate of progress is based on the nominal term of direct entry or advanced entry (where the apprentice holds a lower level qualification specified in the VTO) into the apprenticeship.

For information on the competency based progression model and the rates of progress, see below.

Note: Competency based progression applies to apprentices employed under the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award 2020.

Direct entry

The rate of progress for apprenticeships with a full time nominal term of 48 months or part time nominal term of 72 months will be determined.

Advanced entry

The rate of progress for apprenticeships with a full-time nominal term of 36 months or part-time nominal term of 54 months - reduced from full-time nominal term of 48 months where the apprentice holds the lower level qualification specified in the VTO - will be determined as follows:

On successful completion of the relevant qualification

• parties may apply to the Commissioner for Vocational Training for completion of the apprenticeship/traineeship prior to the nominal completion date of the training contract or;
• Training Services may issue letters from the Commissioner to both parties inviting them to consider competency based completion if it has received advice from the training organisation that the apprentice or trainee is eligible to receive their qualification.

Download a Request for Competency Based Completion form.

Applications under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 to establish an apprenticeship or traineeship, whether full-time part-time or school based, will not be approved unless the Commissioner for Vocational training is satisfied that appropriate industrial arrangements are in place.

All private sector employers and employees in New South Wales are covered by the national industrial relations system administered by the Fair Work Commission. The industrial instrument that applies is a national (modern) award or a current enterprise agreement registered with the Fair Work Commission.

Further information is available from the Fair Work Ombudsman or phone 13 13 94.

Apprentices and Trainees may be employed under the Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award 2020.

The following qualification is available as a school-based traineeship:

• ICP20120 Certificate II in Printing and Graphic Arts

For qualifications available for delivery in schools, click here.

For all school based traineeships currently being delivered in New South Wales, refer to School Based Traineeships.
For further information on the delivery of training for school based traineeships refer to Training Arrangements.

For registered training providers that can deliver the qualifications go to training.gov.au. A list of training organisations that are in contract with the NSW Department of Education to be paid for the delivery of the training is here.

When developing Training Plans, registered training providers should ensure that the training program satisfies the qualification packaging requirements and, at the same time, reflects the nature of the business. Training Plans should be customised so that workplace activities support and align with the qualifications units of competency.

From 1 January 2015 the NSW Government introduced new fee arrangements for government subsidised vocational education and training (VET). Under Smart and Skilled, all apprenticeship and most traineeship qualifications are subsidised. For a full list of all the qualifications refer to the current NSW Skills List. Information on the types and levels of subsidies can be found in the Smart and Skilled Fee Administration Policy. Training for existing-worker trainees is not subsidised.

Training Services and Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) transition arrangements are aligned and applied retrospectively from 1 September 2015.

Registered training organisations (RTOs) may commence training in either the new or superseded qualification but must meet the requirements of ASQA. For more information refer to ASQA's General Direction - Learner Transition.

A copy of each Vocational Training Order is available for inspection on this internet site below or at any Training Services centre of the NSW Department of Education.