Certification: Benefits to Everyone
For individuals
- Build confidence in your skills
- Develop as a strong team player
- Gain a sense of pride in your expertise
- Expand your knowledge and capabilities
- Become an effective and impactful communicator
For companies
- Achieve consistency across processes
- Ensure repeatable and reliable results
- Boost profitability and operational efficiency
- Drive overall success and growth
- Instill greater confidence in your customers
Earning Certification: A Three-Step Process
Level One | 6 Weeks | Self-Paced
Whether you’ve been on the job for two days or 27 years, Level I teaches the foundational building blocks crucial for every flexographer.
Level Two | 12 Weeks | Self-Paced
Every job has its own function. Level II becomes more specific to the user’s specific roles, applications and equipment.
Level Three | 12 Weeks | Self-Paced
Level III demonstrates how to apply the science of FIRST methodology by running to the numbers to control the process.
All About the FIRST Methodology
flexographic Image Reproduction Specifications-and Tolerances (FIRST) supports the methodical approach to process control, optimization, fingerprinting, characterization and process improvement as outlined in CGATS TR 012-2003 (Graphic Technology – Color Reproduction and Process Control for Packaging Printing). While each organization may use its own workflow based upon its specific needs, there are certain fundamentals universal to the flexographic printing process.
With a firm understanding and application of the FIRST methodology, flexographers can: identify potentially troublesome issues, benchmark press performance, utilize statistical analysis to maintain optimal conditions, perform accurate device calibrations, identify improvement opportunities and preserve stable conditions for repeatable results—all with the end result of satisfactorily reproducing the graphic design.
Press Operator Certification
Builds flexographic printing experts who will consistently yield the best possible print quality.
This expert press operator is proficient in color management, process control, troubleshooting and implementing corrective action procedures to bring systems into control for repeatable, predictable results.
Prepress Operator Certification
Creates experts in the field of flexographic prepress (graphics) operations.
This expert prepress professional excels in graphic file assembly, preparation and management, image capture, process color calibration, and measuring and controlling print variables throughout the entire workflow.
Implementation Specialist Certification
Yields experts in flexographic printing support, consultation and communication, who are proficient in communicating the principles and practices of FIRST.
It is designed for supervisors, managers and non-production personnel, including suppliers of flexographic products and services.
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