Department: |
Graphics |
Effective Date: |
June 2006 |
Grade: |
USG 03 |
Reports to: |
Digital Production Supervisor
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General Accountability
Accountable to Digital Production Supervisor
Nature and Scope
1) Organizational Relationships:
a) Other positions which report directly to the same supervisor:
- Digital Pre-Production Staff
b) Positions which report directly to the incumbent: None
2) Description of General Framework and Environment:
UW Graphics (http://graphics.uwaterloo.ca) provides a range of services to faculty, staff, students, and departments of the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Regional Board of Education. These services include: graphic design, custom publishing, electronic imaging, web course development, web site development, offset printing, copy centre operation, networked printing, photographic services, reprographics, CD production, document processing, and document finishing.
UW Graphics is an ancillary operation which must maintain its fiscal viability. lt must be competitive, effectively marketing its services, forecast and develop business, and innovate in line with industry trends. As an operation in an industry which is at the forefront of information technology, UW Graphics must be a leader with respect to the converging technologies in multimedia, reprographics, network information services, network based processing, electronic imaging, computer assisted design, digital printing, custom publishing, and electronic information access.
The Digital Publishing department of UW Graphics was created in May 2001 by the amalgamation of Courseware Solutions and Electronic Publishing. The Digital Publishing group is responsible for the scanning, proofing, printing, and
Statistical Data
Specific Accountabilities
3) lncumbent Position Responsibilities:
- Responsible and accountable for ensuring the successful production of all digital printing.
- Responsible for monitoring machine performance and requesting service when necessary.
- Accountable for the printing and security of exams.
- Accountable for careful adherence to inflexible deadlines, as detailed on Job Tickets.
4) Major Responsibilities/Specific Accountabilities:
a) Key Operator of all Equipment
- Responsible for producing high quality printing on electronic publishing equipment
- Perform minor repairs as needed. Maintain safe working environment.
b) Courseware Production
i) Responsible for ensuring rigid and sensitive deadlines are met, by whatever means possible
- Will notify Digital Pre-Production Team of any errors noticed in the first instance of any job (i.e.. proofing the first finished copy of all jobs).
- Communicate with Digital Production Supervisor regarding any problems that may affect deadlines.
- Notify Digital Production Supervisor of stock-shortages
- Ensure smooth production of coursepacks during "Raincheck Season".
c) Board of Education & UW Printing
- Responsible for ensuring rigid and sensitive deadlines are met, by whatever means possible.
- Responsible for accurately completion all paperwork.
- Communicate with Digital Production Supervisor regarding any problems that may affect deadlines. d) Exam Production
- Responsible for the security and confidentiality of exam originals and completed printing.
- Responsible for vigilant proofing of scans prior to printing.
- Responsible for careful tracking of exam printing for billing purposes.
5) lmportant Secondary Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of safe and tidy working environment.
- Maintenance of Equipment / Repairs. Ensures all equipment is properly maintained, fully stocked and operational.
- Scheduling service calls to repair technicians if necessary, reporting calls
to Digital Production Supervisor.
- Monitoring and recording production supplies for re-order.
- Additional duties assigned as necessary.
- Where new equipment is installed in the necessary skills must be Iearned to operate equipment as required.
- Ability to lift and carry 50 pound boxes of paper
- Training of additional part time/casual staff on equipment when required.
6) Siqnificant lnternal Relationships:
- Courseware Solutions & Digital Pre-production staff
- Bindery Staff
- Graphics Administrative Staff
- Shipper/Receiver
- Copy Centre Staff
7) Siqnificant External Relationships:a) Equipment Technicians
Working Conditions