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SIGN POST:  Our People, their viewpoints #2

16/7/2013

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Making any sign usually involves a heady mix of great vision, 
numerous ideas and countless hours of skilled labour – well blended to come up with a decent finished product.

LEARNING THE TRADE …
In this blog we feature two of our Certificate III Signage
apprentices
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Mark is currently in the second year of his studies and Scott has just started Year 1. Both study block-release at the Signage Training Centre, Polytechnic West in Midland. We were keen to find out what our apprentices were learning at the moment.

'Tell us about a recent project – what were the challenges and how did you overcome them?’

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Mark's Yr 2 Project: Vinyl Signage

In this particular project we were asked to take a very
pixelated design of the "Belle of Lincoln" and re-vectorize it, making any changes we felt necessary in SignLab Pro. Then, using vinyl, we had to produce the design in reverse on a 1m
x 1m piece of clear acrylic. The lecturers marked us on such things as:

- Organizational procedures and processes for hand and computer controlled machinery.
 - Use appropriate processes, tools and equipment to carry out  tasks.
 - Apply correct techniques to set up materials for production
application
- Produce products in accordance with job specifications and drawings
 - Identify faults and problems and take necessary action to
rectify them

The biggest challenge was re-creating the design in Sign Lab
mainly due to the fact that the design was so heavily pixelated. Looks like a really nice job Mark!

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Scott’s Yr 1 Projects: Learning Scale, Vectorising, Vinyl Application & Hand Painting

'In my first block release I learned so much!  

With the ‘West Build’ sign project we covered scale and how to take a small logo and scale it up to the size of a building. 

Our second project involved making a Holden logo out of wood,   creating contrasts in an eye catching way. To achieve the smooth lion we applied a vinyl overlay and then sandblasted the background to create a rough contrast background. The final step was to paint with a wood stain and clear coat, covering the basics of using a spray gun.

For me the biggest challenge was the vectorising as this was a completely new skill me. I was also introduced to the programme ‘SignLab’ which I’m looking forward to finding more about down the track.'

Well Done Scott - a great start to your apprenticeship!


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