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Definition of Printing Terms

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TERMINOLOGY

The terminologies have been broken down into alphabetical order. Click on a letter of the alphabet to be taken to a listing of phrases and their meanings.

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ABBREVIATIONS

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

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