Sheetfed Lithographers Assistant Skills Programme
Expand your skills and empower the industry with training courses from Printing SA.
Course Outcomes
This learning programme integrates the skills, knowledge and workplace experience that a
Sheetfed Lithographers Assistant needs to competently assist Sheetfed Lithographers setup,
operate and maintain lithographic printing presses.
Participating companies will be provided Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Assessment
Instruments for all the prescribed practical activities.
Participating companies will also be provided logbooks that define the workplace experience component.
Learners will undergo a final competency assessment after successfully completing all the prescribed skills,
knowledge, and workplace experience modules.
Who Should Attend?
Any employee, who is required to assist on sheetfed lithographic printing presses, ought to complete this skills programme.
Experienced Assistants should also complete this programme to provide them recognition of prior learning.
Course Duration
10 days
(Learners undergo knowledge assessments on a separate days after each knowledge module)
Course Cost Per Learner
Printing SA Member cost (face to face)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 570
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 570
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 570
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 570
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 570
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 2 530
Non-Member cost (face to face)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 900
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 900
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 900
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 900
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 900
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 3 036
Printing SA Member cost (online)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 3 450
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 3 450
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 3 450
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 3 450
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 2 530
Non-Member cost (online)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 4 140
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 4 140
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 4 140
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 4 140
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 4 140
PSA Member cost entire programme (face to face) - R 31 280
Non-Member cost entire programme (face to face) - R 37 536
PSA Member cost entire programme (online) - R 19 780
Non-Member cost entire programme (online) - R 23 736
Registration Closing Date:
22 April 2025
Printing Press Basics
Course Date
07 and 08 May 2025
Printing Science Basics
Course Date
14 and 15 May 2025
Printing Quality Basics
Course Date
21 and 22 May 2025
Machine Maintenance Basics
Course Date
04 and 05 June 2025
Press Assistant
Course Date
11 and 12 July 2025