Course Title: Prepare production costing estimates
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2009
Course Code: BUSM6141C
Course Title: Prepare production costing estimates
School: 320T Design (TAFE)
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C5186 - Diploma of Printing and Graphic Arts (Digital Production)
Course Contact : Garry Amy
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9444
Course Contact Email:frank.sparkes@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Basic knowledge of the printing industry
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to cost and estimate production processes
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICPSU553A Prepare production costing estimates |
Element: |
1. Identify costing estimate requirements |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Labour hours, times and other statistics required are identified and applied in calculations |
Learning Outcomes
1. Identify costing estimate requirements
1.1 Labour hours, times and other statistics required are identified and applied in calculations
1.2 Available machine hours are identified and applied in calculations
1.3 Economic batch sizes are identified
1.4 Material requirements are identified and applied in calculations
2. Prepare costing estimates
2.1 Costing estimates are calculated using material, labour and machine costs
2.2 Cost estimate details are calculated
3. Compare estimates with actual costs
3.1 Actual costs are compared with estimates
3.2 Costing basis is adjusted as appropriate
Details of Learning Activities
Discussion and presentation of theory of how cost rates are calculated.
Calculations using a calculator.
Printing processes being used.
Production estimates using formulas for hourly rates, paper sheet sizes, Ink colours, Printing processes, machines available and the maximum and minimum sheet sizes of each machine.
Using work book.
Students practice, reading, interpreting, preparing for estimates.
Supervisor feed back.
Research activities. E.g. Library based research using the web, text and AV.
Keeping a log book
Apply the range of relevant OH&S Legislation, policies and practices in the work area.
Other activities, eg:
reading notes, answering questions, and taking part in discussion groups.
Teaching Schedule
Description of what is contained in an estimate
Calculation of an hourly cost rate
Several estimates are calculated accurately to industry standards involving all aspects of the job.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
• List of Machine hourly rates, Types and sizes of paper, Ink calculation formulae, list of printing machines and there printing speeds. |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
The student will do an hourly cost rate estimate and several production cost estimates which will involve all aspects of production in the printing industry as well as questioning throughout the subject. The estimates will be calculated by the student working on their own. Assessment will be done collectively in class or individually.
Assessment Tasks
Calculate an hourly cost rate
Prepare several production cost estimates accurately according to industry standards.
Assessment Matrix
This course will be graded as ‘Competent’ (PX) or ‘Not yet competent’ (NYC)
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