NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Touch up and restore gelcoat
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to touch up,
and restore, gelcoat.
Classification
Composites > Production Composites
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following apply to the performance of all outcomes 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.
c All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite environmental procedures (where these exceed code) for personal,
product, and worksite environmental matters, and must meet the obligations
required under the Resource Management Act 1991.
d All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
2
Restoration and repair may be on new or aged components. Gelcoat repairs are
often necessary on new components as a result of mould sticking or damage during
construction. Used component gelcoat may need to be restored if faded or
weathered, or repaired and restored if damaged as a result of collision or abrasion.
3
Workplace practice means that the evidence requirements are interpreted in
accordance with the practices used in the workplace of the candidate being
assessed. Practice may vary between workplaces.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Touch up gelcoat.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Minor defects or blemishes are identified in accordance with workplace practice.
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1.2
Defects are prepared for touch-up in accordance with workplace practice.
may include but is not limited to – masked, ground out, sanded,
cleaned.
Range
1.3
Correct gelcoat is selected and mixed in accordance with workplace practice.
Range
1.4
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same colour as moulding, waxed, correct catalyst ratio.
Touch-up is completed and finished in accordance with workplace practice.
Range
for size and location of touch-up, could include wet-sanding and
polishing.
Outcome 2
Restore gelcoat.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Condition of gelcoat is identified according to industry recognised defects.
Range
2.2
oxidised, yellowing, chalking, star cracks, pinhole, alligators,
fading, chipping.
Suitable restoration method is determined in accordance with workplace
practice.
Range
2.3
stages of the restoration are determined.
Restoration is carried out in accordance with workplace practice.
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 October 2006
N/A
Revision
2
20 August 2010
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
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Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent 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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