Printing Skills Course

The Skills Malaysia INVITE Printing course will develop practical, technical and theoretical skills for use in the pre-press sector of the printing and graphic art industries. Outcomes include creating printing materials i.e. posters, DVD covers and labels, magazine covers, brochures, newsletters, business cards and other printing artworks.


In this course, students will learn about desktop publishing (DTP) and the structure and methods of the printing industry. Students will learn to apply layout and typography principles using PageMaker, In Design, Quark X Press and other popular desktop publishing software. 


This course qualifies for work in a broad range of graphic arts and allied industries, and prepares graduates for further training in this area of printing and graphic design.

Graphic Arts

Desktop Publishing

Printing Industry

Certification / Awards

Assessment may be conducted through oral, written and practical methods.

Upon completion of this course, students will receive the following Certificates and Diplomas:

• Malaysian Skills Certificate – DTP Artist (Level 1)
• Malaysian Skills Certificate – Graphic Designer (Level 3)
• Malaysian Skills Certificate – Senior Graphic Designer (Level 3)

COURSE	Senior Graphic Designer (INVITE II)	Senior Graphic Designer (INVITE IV)
AWARD	Certificate Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Malaysian Skills Certificate) Diploma in Business Skills (City & Guilds, UK)	Certificate Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Malaysian Skills Certificate) Skills Proficiency Award / Certificate / Diploma in Business Skills (City & Guilds, UK)
DURATION	24 months, including 12 - 24 weeks internship training	24 - 36 months Classroom training and Internship to take place concurrently Classroom training: 3 - 4 days/week Internship: 2 - 3 days/week
TUITION FEES	USD 8,464 (RM 26,200) Application Fee : USD 99 Int’l Student Admin. Fee : USD 957 Course & Exam Fees : USD 7,590	USD 8,464 (RM 26,200) Application Fee : USD 99 Int’l Student Admin. Fee : USD 957 Course & Exam Fees : USD 7,590
HOSTEL FEES	2 years:  RM 5,200 (USD 1,716)	2 years: RM 5,200 (USD 1,716) 3 years: RM 7,600 (USD 2,508)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS	18 – 45 years old With 9 Years Schooling OR With 6 Years Schooling and 3 Years Prior Work Experiences in Related Fields
TRAINING CENTRE LOCATION	Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

COURSE MODULES
Design elements and principles	Colour and media
Design context and research	Design studio practices and processes
Design concept development	Computing for design
Computer graphic skills	Typographic design
Photo imaging	Work term communication
DTP operating system III	Graphic design III & IV
Layout design III	Supervisory I & II
Minor project I	Production control III
Final project

Source: Skills Malaysia INVITE