Media technologist screen printing

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The media technologist screen printing will be available in Germany as of August 1, 2011 as a new state-recognized training occupation in accordance with the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) and the Crafts Code. It replaces the screen printer apprenticeship , whose training regulations date back to 2000 and are outdated.

Duration of training and structure

Typical workplace of a media technologist screen printing

The training period as a media technologist screen printing is three years. Training takes place at the company and vocational school .

The elective qualification units remain as structural elements, but their content is updated. The following optional qualification units with a scope of 13 weeks are provided in the first training phase:

  1. Standardized screen printing
  2. Print finishing
  3. Product processing
  4. Print finishing
  5. customer advisory
  6. Cutting plot technology
  7. Transfer technique
  8. Rotary screen printing
  9. Pad printing
  10. Data preparation digital printing
  11. Large format digital printing

In addition, further elective qualification units with a scope of 26 weeks are offered in the second training phase:

  1. Sheet printing
  2. Roll screen printing
  3. Body screen printing
  4. Technical screen printing
  5. Textile screen printing
  6. Ceramic screen printing
  7. Glass screen printing

Intermediate and final exams

Overview of the exam for media technologist screen printing

In this profession, there is a conventional intermediate and final examination (i.e. no extended final examination ). The intermediate examination serves to determine the level of training of the trainee. It should give him information about where possible deficits lie that have to be compensated for by the final examination. The final examination is intended to determine whether the trainee has acquired the professional ability to act . He is supposed to prove “that he has mastered the necessary professional skills, has the necessary professional knowledge and skills and is familiar with the teaching material to be taught in vocational school, which is essential for vocational training. The training regulations are to be applied. ". The examination tasks are provided by the ZFA Druck-Medien . The exam takes place in front of an IHK if the training takes place in an industrial company. Otherwise the Chamber of Crafts is responsible for conducting the examination.

midterm exam

The intermediate examination covers the contents of the first three semesters of training and should take place before the end of the second year of training. The two examination areas work planning and screen printing technology are planned.

In the work planning exam area, the trainee should plan work steps, determine work equipment, select materials, take into account the requirements of occupational health and safety and environmental protection as well as economic efficiency, create and check print data and printing forms, as well as implement given product and process data in the planning process, set up and control processes Planning printing machines, taking into account the interactions between materials, printing inks, substrates and printing machines in the printing process and performing screen printing-specific calculations. This evidence is provided through the processing of written tasks in a scope of 120 minutes.

In the screen printing technology test area, he produces a test piece and documents his work. He has five hours for this task. It should show how to take over data in the screen printing prepress stage, create and edit production data, manufacture and check screen printing forms, set up printing machines according to order, coordinate the printing result taking into account printing inks, substrates and machine settings and start production, carry out printing process controls during production, measure parameters , check and document results as well as optimize the printing process and the printing result.

final exam

The final examination consists of four examination areas:

  • Screen printing production,
  • Order planning and communication,
  • Process technology as well
  • Economics and Social Studies.

Screen printing production testing area

The examinee produces multi-colored screen-printed products in twelve hours. The pre-stage screen printing as well as the production of the screen printing form are included in the examination. The optional qualification unit specified in the training contract is taken into account.

Examination area order planning and communication

In 120 minutes, the exam participant completes written tasks on the following topics:

  • Customer-oriented planning, implementation and documentation of work processes taking into account economic, technical, organizational and personal requirements,
  • Planning of work steps as an integrated production process, including information from upstream and downstream production areas,
  • Structuring, evaluation and documentation of order data,
  • Consideration of the properties of materials, printing inks and substrates as well as their interactions with one another and with the printing machines used,
  • Execution of planning-relevant calculations.

Examination area process technology

In 120 minutes, the exam participant completes written tasks on the following topics:

  • Differentiation of printing processes with regard to their areas of application, assignment of main product groups,
  • Assessment and use of processing-specific parameters as well as production conditions with regard to printing machines, materials, printing materials, printing inks including color mixing systems as well as drying, operational framework conditions and production specifications,
  • Application of quality assurance measures for the optimization of the print result as well as use of process-related measuring and control elements,
  • Use of the production possibilities resulting from the techniques used,
  • Consideration of the requirements from print finishing,
  • Assessment of the functions of machine elements as well as measures for the maintenance of machines and systems,
  • Execution of process-related calculations.

Examination area economics and social studies

The exam participant completes written tasks in 60 minutes. He proves that he can present and assess general economic and social relationships in the professional and working world.

Weighting of the examination areas

The examination areas are weighted as follows:

Exam area weighting
Screen printing production 50 percent
Order planning and communication 20 percent
Process technology 20 percent
Economics and Social Studies 10 percent

Passage regulation

The examination is passed if the overall result is at least "sufficient", in the examination area "screen printing production" with at least "sufficient", in at least two other examination areas with at least "sufficient" and in no examination area with "unsatisfactory".

Oral supplementary examination

An oral supplementary examination of around 15 minutes is possible in the examination areas “Order planning and communication”, “Process technology” or “Economics and social studies” if the final examination can be passed. The prerequisite is that these examination areas were rated worse than "sufficient". A supplementary oral examination to improve the grade is not possible.

Codified additional qualifications

The training regulations stipulate that elective qualification units that have not been selected can be tested separately as additional qualifications . This is possible for the optional qualification units pad printing and large format digital printing .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Training regulations for media technologist screen printing
  2. ↑ Planned structure of the media technologist screen printing on the bvdm website  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 22, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bvdm-online.de  
  3. ↑ § 38 BBiG

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