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Level 4
Credits 8
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare an existing marine paint system for repair; prime and fill the area of repair on a marine paint system; and apply finish coat on marine paint system repairs.
Subfield Boating Industries
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Planned review date
Entry information
Boatbuilding
Registered
15 January 2010
15 January 2010
31 December 2014
Recommended: Unit 23044, Demonstrate knowledge of marine paint technology , 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
1 All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in accordance with company procedures.
2 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.
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3 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.
4 All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5 Surface filling in the context of this unit standard is for the purpose of achieving surface fairness.
6 Assessment must include repair of a boat hull or deck surface exceeding approximately 0.5m
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7 Definitions
Feather edge – edge treatment of the boundaries of a paint repair that allows the existing paintwork system to be joined to a new paintwork system.
Fill
– apply filling compounds, which includes smoothing and fairing processes.
Job requirements – requirements that may or may not be specified but require correct choices to achieve including: following safety and workplace procedures and meeting generally accepted trade practice standards.
Manufacturer’s specifications – include instructions that may apply to quantities, ratios, temperatures, humidity, application rate, ventilation, material handling, taking specified safety precautions, and application method.
Element 1
Prepare an existing marine paint system for repair.
Performance criteria
1.1 Repair area is identified, cleaned and masked in accordance with job requirements.
1.2 Abrasives are selected and repair area is sanded in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications.
1.3 Surface protection to adjoining areas is provided in accordance with common repair situations and masking tape manufacturer
’s specifications.
Range paper and plastic tapes, masking materials.
1.4 Tools and equipment are selected and used in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
Range may include but is not limited to
– dual-action sander, orbital or random action sander, sanding block, air gun.
1.5 Feather edging is carried out in accordance with job requirements.
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Element 2
Prime and fill the area of repair on a marine paint system.
Performance criteria
2.1 Surface to be primed and filled is cleaned in accordance with the paint and filler manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
Range includes but is not limited to – removal of dust, dirt, sanding sludge, moisture, oil, wax, grease, silicone polishes.
2.2 Application equipment is selected and used in accordance with equipment manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
2.3 Primer and/or primer filler are selected, applied and cured in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
2.4 Spot filler putties are selected, applied and cured in accordance with the filler manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
2.5 Tools, equipment, and paint materials are cleaned and stored in accordance with job requirements.
2.6 Safe working practices are followed in accordance with job and legislative requirements.
Range includes but is not limited to lighting and ventilation.
2.7
Element 3
Primer or primer filler is sanded in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
Apply finish coat on marine paint system repairs.
Performance criteria
3.1 Repaired surface substrate is cleaned in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
Range includes but is not limited to
– removal of dust, dirt, sanding sludge, moisture, oil, wax, grease, silicone polishes.
3.2 Finish coat application equipment is selected and used in accordance with equipment manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
3.3 Finish coat paint is selected, applied and cured in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
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3.4 Final surface polishing and blending, and feather edge finishing is carried out in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s specifications and job requirements.
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.
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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