Pre-Press Print Technician – Apprenticeship
CHEMANGLIA LTD
Watton (IP25 6JB)
Closes on Monday 29 December 2025
Posted on 14 November 2025
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Summary
An excellent opportunity to work for an established print business in Watton, Norfolk. You would be working within a dedicated and busy team where you would have the opportunity to learn a skilled trade. Due to the location, your own transport would be required.
- Wage
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£15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Print technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8am until 4.30pm, 30-mins lunch
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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2 years 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Prepare print-ready files from customer-supplied artwork, ensuring correct formats, resolutions, and lead edge requirements
- Creating job sheets and imposition creation in accordance with job specification
- Operate and maintain digital, large-format equipment
- Ensure cleanliness and organisation of the print studio area
- Collaborate with team members to meet production schedules and client deadlines
- Adhere to health and safety protocols within the print environment
- General upkeep of digital print equipment
- General upkeep of warehouse and facilities
- Artwork amends using Adobe Creative cloud Software
- Creation of core labels using Microsoft Office Software
- Assist in setting up, operating, and maintaining digital printing machines and finishing equipment
- Support the team with packaging, labelling, and preparing completed orders for delivery or collection
Where you'll work
Unit D1 & D2
Neaton Business Park
Norwich Road
Watton
IP25 6JB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BPIF TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Print technician (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Plan and prioritise work
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Apply team working principles.
- Convert customer files to print-ready files using software and workflow packages.
- Check, process and transmit digital files using software.
- Create and edit digital images.
- Conversion of digital files into colour separations for the defined production method.
- Apply digital techniques to produce a proof.
- Apply colour profiles to the design.
- Apply production techniques to produce plates, screens, or output files.
- Apply pre-press quality assurance procedures.
- Set up and check the multi-unit print press, including speeds, inks and toners and pre-printing quality checks.
- Follow print press start up or warm up procedures.
- Apply print press operations and techniques, including managing colour. Handle variable data on digital presses.
- Follow quality control processes during printing, including checking for colour matching, print resolution, product consistency.
- Apply press equipment and machinery maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
- Follow machine shut down, safe isolation, hand over procedures. Escalate issues.
- Apply press quality assurance procedures.
- Apply safe systems of work to the printing press process in compliance with regulations, standards, and guidelines. This should include identifying risks and hazards and the handling and disposal of chemicals.
- Set up finishing equipment for example, guillotines, stitching-trimming machinery, binding machinery, laminating equipment, die-cutters.
- Operate finishing equipment to apply different finishing processes, for example, varnishing, folding, embossing and debossing, foil blocking, scoring, packing, gluing, match and attach, tab and slot, sorting, banding.
- Prepare printing for next stage, including packing and wrapping.
- Apply post-press equipment maintenance techniques including cleaning and servicing.
- Apply post-press quality assurance procedures such as checking for folding accuracy, stitch alignment, foil position.
- Apply safe systems of work to the finishing process in compliance with regulations, standards and guidelines, including the handling and disposal of chemicals.
- Apply environmental and sustainability procedures in compliance with regulations and standards for example, segregating resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Apply health and safety and manual handling procedures in compliance with regulations and standards.
- Plan and prioritise work
- Record or enter information - paper based or electronic for example, work sheets, check lists, handover records, job sheets.
- Apply continuous improvement techniques. Devise suggestions for improvement.
- Follow equality, diversity and inclusion procedures.
- Communicate with others verbally including colleagues or stakeholders.
- Communicate in writing.
- Apply problem-solving techniques to common problems.
- Use information and digital technology. Comply with GDPR and cyber security regulations and policies.
- Identify, organise and use resources effectively to complete tasks, with consideration for cost, quality, safety, security and environmental impact.
- Apply team working principles.
Training schedule
- A structured, 3-year apprenticeship program leading to a Level 3 Print Technician qualification
- Dedicated Support: Regular 1-on-1 meetings with your manager and a designated mentor to track your progress and provide guidance
- Culture: A supportive and friendly team environment where you can develop your skills and grow with us Throughout your time as an apprentice, you will be supported by both your employer and BPIF Training
- You will be assigned a training coordinator to work with you throughout the duration of your apprenticeship Training requirements will be discussed at the point of employment to suit both your own and business needs Most training and studying will be site-based
- You should be comfortable with planning your workload as you progress through the apprenticeship
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths (grade 4)
- English (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Administrative skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Customer care skills
- Initiative
- IT skills
- Logical
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Team working
About this employer
An established print business in the heart of Norfolk specialising in high quality bespoke labels, film and light card products. The team have over 150 years of combined experience in print, design and print finishing.
After this apprenticeship
The right candidate would progress into a permanent position, on successful completion of their apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BPIF TRAINING LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000000519.
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Closes on Monday 29 December 2025
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