Sheetfed Lithographers Assistant Skills Programme
Expand your skills and empower the industry with training courses from Printing SA.
Course Outcomes
Printing SA has developed a range of learning programmes that form part of the new SAQA registered Sheetfed Lithographer qualification.
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 assesment) - R 5 592
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 5 592
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 5 592
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 8 388
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 592
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 2 427
Non-Member cost (face to face)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 711
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 711
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 711
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 10 066
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 711
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 2 912
Printing SA Member cost (online)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 5 000
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 5 000
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 5 000
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 7 500
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 5 000
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 2 200
Non-Member cost (online)
Printing Press Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 000
Printing Science Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 000
Printing Quality Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 6 000
Machine Maintenance Basics Knowledge Module (including assesment) - R 9 000
Press Assistant Knowledge Module (including assessment) - R 6 000
Press Assistant Final Competency Assessment - R 2 640
PSA Member cost entire programme (face to face) - R 33 183
Non-Member cost entire programme (face to face) - R 39 820
PSA Member cost entire programme (online) - R 28 215
Non-Member cost entire programme (online) - R 33 858
Registration Closing Date:
21 April 2023

Printing Press Basics
Course Date
09 and 10 May 2023

Printing Science Basics
Course Date
23 and 24 May 2023

Printing Quality Basics
Course Date
06 and 07 June 2023

Machine Maintenance Basics
Course Date
20 and 21 June 2023

Press Assistant
Course Date
04 and 05 July 2023