Produce dies and stripping tools

This standard is for print finishers who produce dies and stripping tools.
You must show that you can:

1. produce die formes
2. produce stripping tools
   This involves:
3. identifying job requirements;
4. identifying faults and taking action to deal with them;
5. unloading and stacking finished products
6. producing die formes;
7. checking work meets required standard;
8. taking appropriate action when it does not;
9. producing stripping tools;

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Produce die formes

1. check you have all the details required for work
2. confirm you have enough materials of the right type to meet specifications
3. report issues where materials provided are not correct or sufficient to the appropriate person(s)
4. select rule(s) for the job to meet specifications
5. check the work area is safe and ready for production
6. locate rules in position with acceptable inter image to meet specifications
7. position nicks for the nature of the image and the press requirements
8. identify and correct faults within the scope of your responsibility
9. identify and report faults outside the scope of your responsibility to the appropriate person(s)
10. check work meets your company's quality standards
11. produce die forme in time to meet production schedules
12. position and secure appropriate ejection material to die boards
13. remove waste following standard operating procedures
    Produce stripping tools
14. check you have all the details required for work
15. confirm you have enough materials of the right type to meet specifications
16. report issues where materials provided are not correct or sufficient to the appropriate person(s)
17. check the work area is safe and ready for production
18. produce stripping tools to meet production schedules
19. check work matches the required standards
20. make adjustments when standards are not met
21. report if the standards cannot be met to the appropriate person(s)
22. position stripping pins and devices to strip waste at optimum running speed of machines
23. check areas to be stripped will optimise machine speed and sheet stability with minimum subsequent hand work
24. prepare machines so waste does not catch when passing through apertures
25. remove waste following standard operating procedures

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Produce die formes

1. details required for work
2. principles of making die formes
3. company's quality standards
4. risks associated with making die formes and how to avoid them
5. range, use and limitations of materials and rules
6. relationship between rules and board thickness
7. principles of bridge positioning
8. different carton styles and closures used
9. relationship between nicking and stripping
10. relationship between rubber types and adhesives
11. types of ejection materials
12. principles of ejection
13. how to control rule accuracy
14. common faults that can occur when producing die forms, what causes them, how to avoid them and faults can be corrected
15. how to recognise when you should correct faults yourself and when you should ask for help
16. procedures for the removal of waste
    Produce stripping tools
17. how to obtain material and how it is allocated to you
18. types of board
19. types of ejector pins and how they are classified
20. types of stripping tools
21. principles of automatic machine stripping and function of stripping tools
22. types of stripping tool upper, female and lower
23. effects of stripping on sheet stability and press speed
24. relationship between stripping and nicking
25. relationship between the cost of tooling, the nature of jobs and length of runs
26. commonly occurring faults which can affect efficient tool performance, what causes them and how to prevent them
27. how to transfer die forme images to stripping boards
28. how to cut female stripping boards

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2025

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Current

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Original

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Proskills

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PROCTN403

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Bookbinders and Print Finishers, Graphic Designers, Printers, Printing Machine Minders and Assistants, Screen Printers

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5422

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Print; printing; mechanised print finishing and binding; finishing; binding; newspaper; periodical; machine; litho; web offset; flexo; screen print; gravure; pad print; carton manufacture; fibreboard

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