Students
Studying for a career in the printing and graphic communications industry?
Printing-related courses are offered in schools, universities and colleges across Canada – and you are probably enrolled in one of them. If you are not, but are interested in study in the field of printing and graphic communications then you should check out the CPISC report on Education and Training Programs and Providers for the Printing and Graphic Communications Industry.
Education and training
The CPISC report on Education and Training Programs and Providers for the Printing and Graphic Communications Industry, includes a list of training institutions as well as an analysis of the type and scope of training programs currently available, which could help you choose the course that’s right for you.
National Skill Standards
The national Skill Standards for people working in the printing industry can help you identify the right job for you. The Skill Standards include a checklist of the core and basic skills you need for working in the industry, and there are also job-specific profiles that will help you match your personal interests and goals with the right printing job.
Job-specific Skill Standards have been developed for people working in press operations, including specific job profiles for Digital, Lithographic Sheetfed Offset, Lithographic Web Offset and Flexographic Press operators.
Skill Standards have also been developed for prepress, finishing and bindery operators as well as colour and output specialists.
Scholarship opportunity
The Canadian Printing Industries Association established the Canadian Printing Industries Scholarship Trust Fund in 1971 to support students in the industry.
The primary objective of the fund is to attract the most talented young people to the printing industry by providing financial assistance to them while they are enrolled in a graphic arts management or technical program. Find out more about applying for a scholarship here.
Career Focus Program
Career Focus is a federally funded program under Human Resource and Skills Development Canada providing wage-subsidy funding for the printing and graphic communications sector to hire post-secondary graduates. Delivered by CPISC, the Career Focus program may subsidize up to one third of a new employee’s wage for up to one year of employment.
