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School Subject: Graphic Design

  • Printer – Large Format Printing & Sign Production

    Review customer specs and artwork
    Prepare digital files for printing
    Check resolution and dimensions
    Select vinyl, paper, film, fabric, or plastics
    Choose adhesives for the application
    Operate large-format printers
    Load printing materials
    Set up print jobs
    Use colour management systems
    Inspect output during printing
    Fix printing problems
    Operate cutting equipment
    Cut and weed vinyl graphics
    Laminate printed graphics
    Mount graphics on rigid materials
    Assemble signs and displays
    Inspect finished products
    Prepare graphics for transport and installation
    Apply decals and graphics
    Help install larger signs
    Maintain equipment
    Follow safety procedures

  • Printer – Display Graphics

    Prepare files for production
    Operate large-format printing equipment
    Print on vinyl, fabric, paper or plastics
    Work with rigid panels
    Cut printed graphics
    Laminate graphics
    Mount finished pieces
    Assemble display materials
    Prepare graphics for installation
    Install graphics at sites

  • Printer – Digital Print Production Specialist

    Receive customer orders online
    Check uploaded files and layouts
    Review file quality and specifications
    Use prepress and workflow software
    Work with automated production systems
    Apply colour management procedures
    Prepare and operate digital printers
    Load paper and materials
    Monitor print quality
    Inspect finished pages and books
    Cut, trim, bind, and finish products
    Package orders for shipping
    Track jobs through production
    Troubleshoot file or equipment problems
    Keep the work area clean and safe

  • Photographic and Film Processors

    Legacy duties

    • Operate equipment to develop negatives and slides, and to print black and white and colour photographs
    • Operate photographic enlarging equipment to produce prints and enlargements from negatives
    • Operate equipment to develop motion picture film
    • Tend automatic equipment in retail establishments to develop colour negatives, prints and slides
    • Operate equipment to transfer film to video tape
    • Retouch photographic negatives or original prints to correct defects
    • Splice film and mount film on reels
    • Measure and mix chemicals required for processing
    • Inspect rolls of photographic prints for conformance to specifications, or motion picture film to detect defects in developing and printing.

  • Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers

    Legacy duties

    • Theatre designers design and create settings, scenic environments, properties, costumes and lighting for theatre, film and video productions, operas and ballets.
    • Fashion designers design and create clothing and accessories for men, women and children.
    • Exhibit designers plan and develop permanent and temporary or moveable exhibits and displays for museum exhibitions, trade shows, conventions, retail spaces and other exhibitions.
    • Theatre designers may specialize in costume, lighting or set design. Fashion designers may specialize in men's, women's or children's apparel or in different lines such as sportswear, footwear or formal wear.

  • Graphic Designers

    Legacy duties

    • Consult with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials in order to meet their needs
    • Determine the medium best suited to produce the desired visual effect and the most appropriate vehicle for communication
    • Develop the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
    • Prepare sketches, layouts and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using traditional tools, multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
    • Estimate cost of materials and time to complete graphic design
    • Use existing photo and illustration banks and typography guides or hire an illustrator or photographer to produce images that meet clients' communications needs
    • Establish guidelines for illustrators or photographers
    • Co-ordinate all aspects of production for print, audio-visual or electronic materials, such as Web sites, CD-ROMs, interactive terminals, etc.
    • Co-ordinate sub-contracting
    • Work in a multidisciplinary environment
    • Supervise other graphic designers or graphic arts technicians.

  • Binding and Finishing Machine Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Binding and finishing machine operators set up and operate various specialized equipment and machines that cut, fold, gather and finish brochures, magazines, books, business forms and other printed material.
    • Specialty finishing equipment operators set up and operate various specialized equipment and machines that die cut, emboss, imprint, laminate, heat stamp and perform other finishing operations on printed material.

  • Printing Machine Operators

    Legacy duties

    • Review work order to determine job specifications, such as ink colour and quantity required
    • Set up and make adjustments to printing machine, such as filling ink or paint reservoirs and loading stock
    • Input codes and key in programming data on console keyboard of computerized machines
    • Operate and monitor printing machines during print run and make adjustments as required
    • Clean machines and replace worn parts.

  • Camera, Platemaking and Other Prepress Occupations

    Legacy duties

    • Graphic arts camera operators set up and adjust black and white or colour separation process cameras to convert graphic art and photographs into film for assembly and exposure onto printing plates or cylinders.
    • Cylinder preparers grind and polish press cylinders, expose and lay down carbon tissue, and etch or engrave cylinders using hand tools, etching machines, photogravure or laser processes to produce cylinders for gravure presses.
    • Film strippers and assemblers assemble and position, either using automated equipment or by hand, pieces of film containing all parts of a printing job to produce flats or composite negatives for preparing printing plates or cylinders.
    • Platemakers operate vacuum frames, plate processors and step and repeat machines to produce printing plates for various types of presses.
    • Prepress technicians operate various computer-controlled studio systems to perform colour separation, retouching and editing that allow changes to be made to a colour negative for printing purposes, plan page layouts and electronically alter shape, size and positions of illustrations and text.
    • Scanner operators operate computerized scanning machines or digital cameras to make colour separations and corrections from colour copy or transparencies for use in preparing film, digital files, printing plates or cylinders.
    • Proofmakers operate computerized equipment to prepare film, laser or dylux proofs for quality control purposes or for customers' review.