Printing Apprenticeship

MRAEL in partnership with Insignia are looking for a mechanically minded Printer Apprentice to join their production site in Wakerley, QLD.

Insignia have been a market-leading provider of innovative identification and traceability solutions to Australian businesses for over 55 years. With multiple locations nationwide, Insignia is widely recognised as experts in identification and traceability, and work with world-leading brands in thermal printing, barcoding, data capture, marking & coding.

This exciting opportunity will see you join a well-established company, offering:

• 4 day working week; Monday to Thursday (5:30am-4pm)
• Competitive remuneration package; above award wages!
• Professional development and mentoring; graduate with a Certificate III in Printing!

What’s involved?

The Wakerley site focuses on Flexographic printing; a technique that uses a flexible printing plate wrapped around cylinders on a web press. These plates have raised images that are inked, then rotate at high speeds to transfer the ink to the substrate. Working in the tight-knit team you will be reporting to the Production Supervisor and find yourself shadowing qualified printers providing assistance and developing skills to eventually operate your own press.

This role is a full-time 4-year Apprenticeship and will typically see you carry out the following duties:

• Shadow qualified printers as they operate press machines and undertake machine maintenance
• Provide assistance to qualified printers including keeping work area clean, preparing boxes, retrieving inks, cutting and preparing cores
• Support with setting up flexographic presses between jobs
• Assist with quality checks of finished product
• General housekeeping of production floor
• Prepare and maintain work area
• Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine
• Support with transporting stock
• Support in the finishing department including slitting and rewinding of finished product

About you:

To suit this role, you will be an eager and motivated individual with a passion for the graphic and printing industry. You will have good communication skills, seek out opportunities to learn and show initiative in your everyday duties.

• Drivers licence and vehicle (strongly desired).
• Year 12 High School Completion (strongly desired).

The recruitment process will include basic mechanical aptitude testing.

If this sounds like a role and a team you’d like to join, we would love to hear from you. To apply, please click on 'Apply Now’.