Printing Technical Education

Intellective Tech Education for Trade and Educational Institutions

Intellective Solutions has worked with Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation (GAERF) to produce the Graphic Communications Skills Competencies (GCSC).  The competencies provide the skills, knowledge, abilities and behavior necessary to be successful in the printing industry. These competencies were developed to help printing industry education and training organizations create curriculum that reflect the current needs of the Graphic Communications market.

Printing Tech Ed Core Courses offered

Based on these competencies, Intellective Solutions has developed technical education training courses necessary to be successful in the commercial print industry. We have developed instructional designed curriculum responsive to educational and state requirements. Our courses can be taught as an entire curriculum or as individual modules. Thousands of print professionals have been trained by Intellective Solutions on the foundations of the printing business.

The courses offered are:

• Digital File Preparation and Output

• Digital Production Printing

• Introduction to Graphic Communications

• Offset Printing/Bindery

Tech Ed is Important to the Printing Industry

“We are a very large and changing industry. To meet the needs of future customers and print providers, we must have a pool of qualified workers entering the industry,” said Intellective Solutions President, Joe Rickard. “We were proud to work with GAERF and many industry experts and educators to produce this valuable resource”