Course Title: Manage colour

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5288

Course Title: Manage colour

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 70.0

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.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
MANU6110C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	320T Design (TAFE)	Face-to-Face or Internet

Course Contact: Garry Amy

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: design.tafe@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage colour in pre-press operations to ensure that proofs, monitors and final products match.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	ICPPP430C Manage colour
Elements:	1. Identify colour requirements
	2. Fingerprint press if printing in a controlled environment
	3. Calibrate digital proofing device
	4. Create different monitor profiles using colour tuning package
	5. Calibrate scanner
	6. Calibrate digital camera
	7. Carry out maintenance
	8. Use colour profiles

Learning Outcomes

This unit requires the individual to manage colour in pre-press operations to ensure that proofs, monitors and final products match.

Overview of Assessment

Evidence of the ability to:

   -  managing colour in pre-press operations to ensure that proofs, monitors and final products match

   -  demonstrate an ability to find and use information relevant to the task from a variety of information sources

   -  a portfolio that demonstrates all criteria have been met. This should include evidence of THREE jobs with final product printed on various stocks and matching digital proofs on simulated stock. Monitors should also be checked to ensure that they have different loaded profiles that match jobs. There should also be evidence of colour management system maintenance procedures.