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
Printing Press Basics

Course Date
07 and 08 May 2025

Module 1 Assessment Date : 13 May 2025
Printing Science Basics
Printing Science Basics

Course Date
14 and 15 May 2025

Module 2 Assessment Date : 20 May 2025
Printing Quality Basics
Printing Quality Basics

Course Date
21 and 22 May 2025

Module 3 Assessment Date : 27 May 2025
Machine Maintenance Basics
Machine Maintenance Basics

Course Date
04 and 05 June 2025

Module 4 Assessment Date : 10 June 2025
Press Assistant
Press Assistant

Course Date
11 and 12 July 2025

Module 5 Assessment Date : 24 July 2025