| ALI
|
Adult Learning
Inspectorate |
| AMA |
Advanced Modern
Apprenticeships |
| AVCE |
A Vocational
A-Level |
| BPIF |
British Printing
Industries Federation |
| C & G |
City & Guilds |
| CoVEs |
Centres of Vocational
Excellence |
| DTI |
Department of
Trade and Industry |
| ESMA |
European Screen
Printing Manufacturers Association |
| EV |
External Verifier |
| FESPA |
Federation of
European Screen printing Associations |
| FMA |
Foundation Modern
Apprenticeships |
| GPMU |
Graphical Print
and Media Union |
| ICT |
Information and
Computer Technology |
| IoP |
Institute of
Printing |
| IV |
Internal Verifier |
| LSC |
Learning and
Skills Council |
| MA |
Modern Apprenticeship |
| MEK |
Methyl Ethyl
Ketone |
| MSDSs |
Material Safety
Data Sheets |
| Nm |
Newton Metres |
| NQA |
National Qualifications
Authority |
| NVQs |
National Vocational
Qualifications |
| PBIF |
Plastics and
Board Industry Federation |
| PGC NTO |
Print & Graphic
Communications National Training Organisation |
| POP |
Point of Purchase |
| POS |
Point of Sale |
| PPE |
Personal Protective
Equipment |
| QCA |
Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority |
| Rh |
Relative humidity |
| Sh |
Shore (Unit of
hardness) |
| SME |
Small to Medium
Size Enterprise |
| SPA |
SPA UK Limited
(Previously: Screen Printing Association UK Limited) |
| SPA PCQ |
SPA Print Qualifications
Centre |
| SPEF |
Scottish Print
Employers' Federation |
| SSC |
Sector Skills
Concil |
| SSDA |
Sector Skills
Development Agency |
| SVQs |
Scottish Vocational
Qualifications |
| TDC |
Top Dead Centre |
| TPCM |
Threads Per Centimetre |
| TPI |
Threads per Inch |
| VOCs |
Volitile Organic
Compounds |