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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

TP42 · Level 4

Graphic Designer and Production Operator

Target occupation: graphic designer, prepress operator.

Target occupation
graphic designer, prepress operator
Level
4 — Skilled employee and operative
Duration
9 months
Taught hours
600 h
Credits
60

Framework

Competency blocks

Each block is assessed separately and stays acquired. That is what lets you resume an interrupted path without starting over.

  1. Graphic fundamentals

    150 hours

    Composition, typography, colour, grid, formats

  2. Software production

    190 hours

    Raster and vector images, layout, templates, exports

  3. Adapting across media

    140 hours

    Posters, flyers, social media, signage, format adaptation

  4. Print chain and production

    80 hours

    Resolution, colour management, bleed, working with the printer

  5. Professional conduct and employability

    40 hours

    Portfolio, client briefs, meeting deadlines, job search

Questions

How is this title awarded?

Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, together with a professional portfolio recording what you actually produced. An occupation is proven by practising it, not on paper.

What employment rate do you publish?

None, and that is deliberate: no cohort has yet completed this title. The six-month employment rate is this family's own indicator, and we will publish it once a cohort has produced one — not before. An invented figure here would be the first thing an employer checks.

Graphic Designer and Production Operator — IHETC