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Graphic designer and production operator
Posters, packaging, identities, social formats: the graphic designer gives a readable shape to a message. The craft stands on two legs — visual sensibility and technical command of the graphic chain through to print.
From brief to delivered file
A brief rarely arrives complete: the first task is to sharpen it — format, medium, message, deadline. Then comes composition — information hierarchy, typography, margins, colour — followed by rounds with the client, which are as much part of the craft as the drawing. Technical production closes the work: colour profiles, bleed, resolution, export formats. A badly prepared file shows in print, and that is where technical training pays for itself.
- Turn a brief into a reasoned graphic proposal
- Compose a layout with clear hierarchy and sound typography
- Prepare a print file: bleed, colour profiles, resolution
- Adapt an identity across digital and printed formats
Where graphic production is needed
- Print houses, screen printing and signage workshops
- Communication agencies and creative studios
- In-house marketing teams of retail chains and operators
- Publishing houses, press and audiovisual production
- Freelance work with shops and associations
Duration, credits, hours: the facts
The hours shown are taught hours, led by an instructor and set in the timetable. Personal study comes on top of them under the catalogue rule: twenty-five hours of total work per credit. Both figures are given together so that the real workload reads clearly on a first visit.
- qualification level
- 4
- months of programme
- 9
- taught hours
- 600 h
- credits
- 60
- competency blocks
- 5
Skilled employee and operative
Led by an instructor.
1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.
Framework of the « Graphic Designer and Production Operator » qualification, code TP42.
What the qualification actually contains
Here is the framework exactly as filed, with the taught hours of each block. A candidate sees what they will learn; an employer sees what the holder can do on arrival. One document serves both readings, which closes the usual gap between a brochure and a job description.
- 01
Graphic fundamentals
Composition, typography, colour, grid, formats — 150 taught hours.
- 02
Software production
Raster and vector images, layout, templates, exports — 190 taught hours.
- 03
Adapting across media
Posters, flyers, social media, signage, format adaptation — 140 taught hours.
- 04
Print chain and production
Resolution, colour management, bleed, working with the printer — 80 taught hours.
- 05
Professional conduct and employability
Portfolio, client briefs, meeting deadlines, job search — 40 taught hours.
Routes into the graphic professions
Entry into this occupation runs through one or more of these programmes. They combine: a short certificate opens the door, a longer programme consolidates the position a few years later. The fees shown match the real billing unit — per year for a long programme, one-off for a short format.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Taught hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User Experience Design and Digital Creation · Bachelor's degree | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 4 800 000 GNF per year |
| Website Creation · Short course | 3 months | 6 | 60 h | 1 400 000 GNF in total |
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