14 March 1978
| Element | Work Processes | Hours |
| A | Maintenance(Oiling, Cleaning, Wash-up) | 400 |
| B | Handling Paper (Winding, jogging, loading) | 400 |
| C | Camera, Stripping, Platemaking-- Exposing and developing line work, simple and multi-color flats exposing and developing plates, densitometry | 500 |
| D | Prepares Feeder Assembly-- Feeder board placement, adjustment of air tubes and blowers, stripper fingers, pile guides, suckers, pile height governor | 500 |
| E | Prepares Tape (Register) Board-- Placement and adjustment of pull-in wheels, brushes, two-sheet choke | 600 |
| F | Prepares Cylinder Assembly-- Using of micrometer, mounting and packing plate and blanket, cylinder swing | 600 |
| G | Prepares Inking Assembly-- Installation and removal of rollers, adjustment of rollers, setting fountain keys. | 700 |
| H | Prepares Dampening Assembly-- Installation and removal of rollers, regulates flow | 500 |
| I | Prepares Delivery Assembly-- Positions delivery board, rear and side jogger blades, stripper fingers, lowering of pile | 400 |
| J | Operates Press-- Workorder requirements, single color, multi-color, registration, precision adjustment on setting of integrated mechanisms | 1600 |
| K | Characteristics of Ink-- Mixing, handling, pigments, driers, reducers, use of ink "doctors," anti-offset sprays | 400 |
| L | Characteristics of Paper-- Handling, conditioning, moisture content, static, humidity and temperature influences, stretch, shrinkage | 400 |
| M | Chemistry and the Printing Cycle-- Effect of fountain solutions, etching solutions, gumming and preservation of plate, cleaning, corrections, Ph, care of the plate on the press | 500 |
| N | Pressroom Health and Safety | 200 |
| O | Supervision of Press Work-- Single color, multi-color, recording and keeping of time, materials, supplies | 300 |
| Grand | Total | 8000 |
Special Instructions: Work processes completed in a state or federally recognized apprenticeship program will be accepted upon presentation of proper documentation to the appropriate service school.
A total of 576 hours of related instruction is required in order to complete this program. Related instruction credit may be awarded individuals registered in the trade of Lithographer (Offset Press Operator) taken from an accredited institution, providing the courses are similar to the courses taken for a Lithographer (Offset Press Operator) program in a community college/vocational school.
End of Pamphlet 621-112 Lithographer (Offset Press Operator)
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