Operator Certification

GAA Press Operator Certification Program is the first nationally recognized gravure press operator skill certification training course.

Having certified press operators in your organization demonstrates to your customers and employees the level of commitment your company places on insuring excellent manufacturing practices to produce the highest quality printing. The significance you attach to guarantee these manufacturing and quality practices exist in the operation is a definite employee morale booster and it is an excellent method to evaluate, recognize, retain, reward, and advance talent. Certified press operators will help increase quality, reduce press downtime, increase productivity and factor heavily in your efforts to reduce total systems cost in the operation. We believe that is a very powerful sales tool.

There are currently eight modules completed. These initial courses cover:

• Pressroom Safety
• The Impression Roll
• Doctor Blades
• Cylinders
• Inks
• Color Theory for Press Operators
• Pressroom Troubleshooting
• Gravure Press Fingerprinting

We anticipate that certification will provide a distinct competitive advantage to those companies that participate, and we want everyone to have an opportunity to get involved at its inception.

View a short program presentation that summarizes the Operator Certification Program content, training options, and the economics.

For additional information please contact:

Pricing

Bill Martin, GAA President - bmartin@gaa.org

Technical Questions

Gary White, GAA Technical Advisor  - gwhite@gaa.org