Guest nforne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I've looked up the ASCO definition of my trade and there's a bullet-pointed list of duties. Can anyone tell me whether the TRA will check that I meet ALL of them or MOST of them? The reason I ask is that a couple of the points relate to a less common type of printing and I've only worked in litho. All the other duties apply to me. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mickw Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Hi nforne On the ASCO definition of my trade - Graphic Pre-Press Tradesperson - only 7 out of the 10 bullet-points relate to my job as a litho platemaker - some could be related to letterpress and gravure - plus general pre-press tasks, a lot of which are now defunct. I think they just use it as a general guide as I have been accepted. So to answer your question I think everything will be OK. As a matter of interest in what area of litho do you work? mickw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nforne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Mick, that is music to my ears!!!! We do litho too... I think that the other stuff listed is to do with gravure. I've been working in pre-press for 13 years, but have no qualifications, so I've just started an NVQ3 and City & Guilds Tech Cert Level 3 in Graphic Communications. I was going to wait until I'd qualified before getting my skills assessed, but I've changed my mind - I'm going to try the 'work experience' route. Have you got any qualifications to back you up, or did you do it on work experience alone? Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nforne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Oops, sorry, I work in the in-house print section of a local authority. For a local authority we're quite up to date - we're getting a four colour press later this month! Whoooooo! :lol: Maybe we'll have CTP in another few years!!! I know what you mean about the ASCO being out of date... it looks like they bring out a new edition every 10 years, and it's 8 years since the last one. Our trade is moving that fast that a lot of it, like chemical proofing, has been superseded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest choobs Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 It's wonderful to see that hardcore technical geekery exists outside IT I thought it was only us UNIX geeks who babbled incomprehensibly to each other - your conversation just brought a massive smile to my face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nforne Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 You're right, choobs! Apologies to the baffled hoards... if only there were a site for... hang on I've got it! GeeksInOz! We could be on to something!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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