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Apply build coats and finish coats for marine exterior paint surfaces
Level
4
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out preparation for
exterior painting; prepare the previous coat; and apply coatings.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
27 August 1997
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 97, Apply surface coatings by
conventional spray techniques; Unit 100, Apply liquid
surface coating by airless spray techniques; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Boating Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Glossary
Company procedures refers to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
worksite.
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Evidence of the elements of this unit standard must be presented across the
following contexts:
substrates – wood, fibre-reinforced composites, aluminium, steel and combinations.
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The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures;
b All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite health and safety procedures (where these exceed code) for personal,
product, and worksite health and safety, and must meet the obligations required
under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and subsequent and
delegated legislation;
c All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions;
d All communications made in relation to this unit standard must be made in
accordance with company procedures for content, recipient, timing, and method.
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This unit standard can be assessed against on job.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Carry out preparation for painting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Job specifications are obtained and verified in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
1.2
Protection is provided for existing equipment, fittings, furnishings, and surfaces
in accordance with job specifications.
Range
1.3
specifications – paint types, colours, combination and number of
coats, drying times, standard of finish, standard of sanding
profiles.
protection in situ, protection by removal and safe storage,
electrical protection.
Planning of own work schedule enables required coating system to be applied
to required standard and within agreed time-frames.
Range
plan – sequence and timing of activities.
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Element 2
Prepare the previous coat.
Performance criteria
2.1
Previous coats are post-cured in accordance with company requirements.
2.2
Sanding between coats is carried out in accordance with specifications for the
sanding profile.
Range
2.3
specifications – manufacturer’s specifications and/or customer's
requirements.
Actions taken ensure that the work area is kept free of possible surface
contaminants.
Range
actions – tenting, washing, solvent wiping, tack ragging;
contaminants – dust, water, oil.
Element 3
Apply coatings.
Range
by brush, roller, and spray.
Performance criteria
3.1
Coatings are applied in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications for
method of application, thinning, re-coat windows, and use of additives.
3.2
Surface conforms to manufacturer’s specifications and/or customer's
requirements, for standard of finish and level of gloss.
3.3
The combination and number of coats applied conform to job requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated autho
rity for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit
standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Boating Industry Training Organisation training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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