Simulated workplaceCAQA PrintWorks Media is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Department

Press Room

The Press Room operates the sheetfed offset presses, the production digital presses and the flexographic label line. Operators set up, print, inspect against the approved proof, maintain colour control and hand over product to finishing with a completed job ticket.

Press Room Supervisor16 staff
Home/Departments/Press Room
Responsibilities

What the team is accountable for

  • Set up and run offset, digital and flexographic presses
  • Check colour and registration against approved proofs
  • Record makeready, run times and waste on the job ticket
  • Complete daily and weekly press maintenance
  • Report press faults and safety hazards
Performance measures

How we know it is working

78%
Press utilisation
3.1% of sheets
Makeready waste
97%
Colour within tolerance
People

Who works here

TN

Tom Ngata

Press Room Supervisor

Tom supervises both shifts on the offset, digital and label presses and started at PrintWorks as an apprentice fourteen years ago.

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Liam Brennan

Digital Press Operator

Liam operates the production digital presses on day shift, runs colour calibration and mentors new operators, three years in the role.

Systems

Where the work is recorded

Job Ticket Register

The live list of quotes and jobs with their specification, stage and due date, shared by every department.

Machine Maintenance Log

The record of scheduled maintenance, faults, tag outs and repairs for presses, finishing machines, wide format devices and forklifts.

Incident and Hazard Register

The safety register where injuries, near misses, spills and hazards are recorded, investigated and closed.

Scenarios

Assessment tasks in this department

Entry

Set up and run a short run digital job

You are a trainee digital press operator on day shift.

Intermediate

Troubleshoot colour drift on digital press 1

You are a digital press operator.

Advanced

Conduct a documented safety walk and report to the committee

You are the production coordinator supporting the General Manager.

Documents

Documents the scenarios use