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Demonstrate knowledge of marine paint finish problems
Level
4
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe potential ‘in can’
problems with marine paint and measures to rectify them, and describe
defects to marine paint finishes and measures to rectify them.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
14 December 2007
Date version published
14 December 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
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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a 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.
b 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, and subsequent and
delegated legislation.
c All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
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Definition
in can refers to problems that exist while the paint is still in the can prior to
application.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe potential ‘in can’ problems with marine paint and measures to rectify them.
Performance criteria
1.1
Paint problems and remedies are described in terms of the condition of the
paint when examined in the can.
Range
includes skinning, gelling/curdling, seeding, hard-setting.
Element 2
Describe defects to marine paint finishes and measures to rectify them.
Performance criteria
2.1
Defects discovered during application are described according to the features of
and remedies for the defects.
Range
2.2
Defects discovered post-application are described according to the features of
and remedies for the defects.
Range
2.3
blistering, sagging, fish eyes, poor flow, contamination.
poor cure, bubbling, blistering, cracking, haze and loss of gloss,
contamination, patchy colour, wrinkling.
Defects that occur after being in service are described according to the features
of and remedies for the defects.
Range
blistering, loss of gloss, cracking, de-lamination, dis-colouration.
Please note
Providers must be 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.
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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