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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.

Skilled employee and operative

qualification level
4
months of programme
9

Led by an instructor.

taught hours
600 h

1 credit = 25 h of work, 10 of them taught.

credits
60

Framework of the « Graphic Designer and Production Operator » qualification, code TP42.

competency blocks
5

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.

  1. 01

    Graphic fundamentals

    Composition, typography, colour, grid, formats — 150 taught hours.

  2. 02

    Software production

    Raster and vector images, layout, templates, exports — 190 taught hours.

  3. 03

    Adapting across media

    Posters, flyers, social media, signage, format adaptation — 140 taught hours.

  4. 04

    Print chain and production

    Resolution, colour management, bleed, working with the printer — 80 taught hours.

  5. 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.

ProgrammeDurationCreditsTaught hoursFees
User Experience Design and Digital Creation · Bachelor's degree2 years1201200 h4 800 000 GNF per year
Website Creation · Short course3 months660 h1 400 000 GNF in total
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