Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of workplace health and safety to signmaking.
- Design signs using knowledge of layout, typography and colour.
- Create and manipulate graphic files for sign production using software.
- Manufacture signs and graphics using a range of signmaking materials.
- Fabricate a range of materials and apply vector cut graphics to produce signs using signmaking tools, machinery and equipment.
- Apply films to a variety of flat, textured, simple and compound curved surfaces.
- Produce signs using a range of surface preparation, layout and painting techniques.
- Produce and laminate printed output for sign production using digital print technology.
- Produce illuminated signs using electrical lighting systems.
- Install a variety of interior and exterior sign types safely using knowledge of fixings and fastenings, building substrates, waterproofing envelopes and working at heights.
Graduates of the Sign Installation strand will also be able to:
- Undertake planning, site assessment and compliance requirements for sign installation, and install a range of complex signs.
