Florida Program Number: B070600
Total Hours: 1200 Hours

MISSION:
The mission of this program is to prepare students for successful entry into the digital prepress and multimedia design and production industry by providing high quality training in current software and hardware technology.

DESCRIPTION:
This program is designed to prepare a student for employment as an Assistant Digital Production Designer, a Digital Production Designer, Media Designer, and Graphic Designer. Training includes but is not limited to practical experiences in computer-generated art and text, graphic design, graphic production, electronic design skills, preparation of electronic layouts and illustrations, electronic scanning and development of multimedia presentations.

UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS:
The State of Florida requires students to meet a basic skills requirement prior to program completion. The basic skills grade levels for this program are:

Mathematics 9.0, Language 9.0 and Reading 9.0

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
A program completer may be eligible for up to 10 credit hours at Valencia Community College.

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Points (OCP)

OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $20,000. annually to $24,000. annually
(based on full time/year-round employment)

OTA0040: Information Technology Assistant (150 Hours)

• Beginning Keyboarding
• Telephone Techniques Alpha/Numeric Filing
• Introduction to Windows
• Introduction to Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
• Business Communications
• Math Computation and Finance
• Administrative Procedures
• Personal/Professional Development
• Employment Development

GRA0024: Production Assistant 150 Hours

• Layout/design and measurement activities
• Digital Design Concepts
• Digital Imaging/Scanning
• Digital layout software (InDesign)

GRA0025: Digital Assistant Designer (300 Hours)

• Portfolio creation
• Applied Color Theory
• Adobe Photoshop

GRA0026: Graphic Designer (300 Hours)

• Digital Illustration software (Adobe Illustrator) Advanced Principles of Layout and Design
• Advanced File Handling and Conversion

GRA0027: Media Designer (300 Hours)

• Desktop presentations
• Introduction to web design
• Multimedia software (Advanced PowerPoint/Adobe Premier)