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Demonstrate knowledge of primers, fillers, and sealers in the
automotive refinishing industry
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
This theory-based unit standard is for people who work in the automotive
refinishing industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of primers, fillers, and sealers in the automotive
refinishing industry.
Subfield
Motor Industry
Domain
Automotive Refinishing
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 24005 replaced unit
standard 5708.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0014
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation and publications relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited
to – Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992; Spray Coating Regulations 1962; Approved Code of Practice
for the Safe Use of Isocyanates (Wellington: Occupational Safety and Health,
Department of Labour, 1994).
2
Approved Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Isocyanates is available online from
the Department of Labour website http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/304.shtml.
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This unit standard can follow on from Unit 21705, Demonstrate knowledge of fillers,
and filling and sanding a repair in the motor body industry.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of primers, fillers, and sealers in the automotive refinishing
industry.
Performance criteria
1.1
Purposes and kinds of primers are described in accordance with paint
manufacturer specifications.
Range
1.2
Principles of how primers function are described in accordance with paint
manufacturer specifications.
Range
1.3
application, film build, compatibility.
Purposes of sealers are described in accordance with paint manufacturer
specifications.
Range
1.6
anti-corrosion, filler, adhesion for following paint; single pack, two
pack, tintable primers, wet-on-wet primers; solvent borne,
waterborne.
Principles of how primer surfacers and fillers function are described in
accordance with paint manufacturer specifications.
Range
1.5
application, film build, compatibility.
Purposes of primer surfacers and fillers are described in accordance with paint
manufacturer specifications.
Range
1.4
anti-corrosion, protection, key for following paint; etch primers,
epoxy, single pack, two pack, tintable primers, wet-on-wet primers;
high solid, medium solid, low solid.
single pack, two pack.
Principles of how sealers function are described in accordance with paint
manufacturer specifications.
Range
barrier coat, flexibility, prevention of sinkage, wet-on-wet,
sandable, adhesion.
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1.7
Mixing and application methods are described in accordance with manufacturer
specifications.
Range
1.8
spray gun, brush, applicator, measuring stick, Ready For Use
(RFU); film build, warranty conditions, compatibility, effects of
solvents on substrate.
Health and safety hazards are identified when using paint materials in
accordance with paint manufacturer material safety data sheets (MSDS) and
legislative requirements.
Range
handling, sanding, application; fire, fumes, overspray, spray mist,
toxic dust.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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