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Fibrous plasterwork production

We have doubled the grant rates for short course tiers 1 – 3. To address rising costs, you can now receive higher rates on course achievements from 1st April 2023

Grant Tier

Achievement date before 1 April 2023

Achievement date on or after 1 April 2023

Grant Tier 1

Grant Tier 1 Refresher

£30

£15

£60

£30

Grant Tier 2

Grant Tier 2 Refresher

£70

£35

£140

£70

Grant Tier 3

Grant Tier 3 Refresher

£120

£60

£240

£120

Overview

The purpose of this standard is to provide the delegate with the knowledge to support the use and application of the underpinning historical, technological and theoretical knowledge and requisite practical skills to undertake the correct evaluation and selection of materials, tools, equipment and craft practices relevant to fibrous plasterwork production.

Duration

Minimum 3 days of 6 learning hours per day

Purpose/scope

The purpose of this standard is to provide the delegate with the knowledge to support the use and application of the underpinning historical, technological and theoretical knowledge and requisite practical skills to undertake the correct evaluation and selection of materials, tools, equipment and craft practices relevant to fibrous plasterwork production.

Scope:

  • mouldings and reverse mouldings
  • basic geometry
  • metal profiles
  • horsing up
  • hand tools
  • metal shoes
  • horse/slipper
  • preparing a bench for casting
  • gauge and mix casting plaster
  • casting
  • reinforcing materials
  • strike off
  • filling/stopping
  • cleaning and preparing surfaces for fixing
  • running mouldings
  • hinged running moulds
  • flood mould
  • clay and compound squeezes
  • taking sections
  • adjustable metal profile former
  • clay case and case moulds
  • sealing site sections

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational groups:

  • operative and craft
  • supervision
  • management and leadership

Delegates pre-requisites

There are no delegate pre-requisites as part of this standard.

Instruction/supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

  • an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
  • successfully completed training to this standard
  • at least 10 years relevant industrial experience
  • a verifiable CV

Delivery

Delivery may be in an on or off the job environment.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for delegates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.

The class size and delegate/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable delegates to achieve the learning outcomes.

The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:

  • classroom
  • a blend of classroom and remote

This standard is considered to contain 51% or more practical training.

This standard is considered to be set at an intermediate/advanced level.

Assessment

For the successful completion of training, delegates must complete an end of course practical assessment or knowledge test that measures all learning outcomes and has a pass or fail criteria.

Where this training is assessed using multiple-choice questions, a minimum of 10 questions must be asked and delegates are required to achieve an overall pass mark of at least 80%.

Quality assurance

Assured

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Renewal

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.

Classification

Lifetime

Please note standards using this classification will only be grant aided once per delegate

Approval date

February 2022

Review cycle

On request or 3 years from approval date

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes
The delegate will be able to: Additional guidance to support learning outcome:

carry out instructions from given information

 

draw moulding and reverse moulding sections using basic geometry

 

transfer reverse moulding outline to metal profile

 

set out, cut and shape metal profile to form reverse moulding section

 

describe a hinge mould application

 

select the type and size of metal used for moulding profiles

 

select type and size of timber used for horsing up

 

select type and size of nails or screws for horsing up and to fix metal profile to timber stock

 

select hand tools for working in wood and metal

 

form and fix metal shoes to prevent wear on horse/slipper

 

prepare bench for casting

to include:

  • checking casting bench top for damage

  • repair damage

  • apply three coats of shellac sealer

  • lay down and fix casting rules

  • grease bench top reading for running reverse mould

prepare reverse mould ready for casting using grease/shellac

 

gauge and mix casting plaster for one or two gauge work

 

cast from reverse mould

 

position the reinforcing materials during the casting process

 

strike off during the casting process

 

remove the cast without damage from the reverse mould

 

finish cast moulding sections by filling/stopping in any defects

 

clean surfaces with a busk and key back of cast ready for fixing

 

stack and handle a cornice to minimise damage

 

prepare running mould for run casting panel moulding, dado bead, staff bead etc

 

run casting panel moulding, dado bead, staff bead etc

 

produce a flood mould in cold pour from a prepared plaster model including forming a back case and stopping with clay prior to pouring

 

take clay and compound (Thrixotropic) squeezes

 

use plaster to take sections

 

use end sections or saw through sections and insert card to mark section profile

 

use an adjustable metal profile former

 

remove existing paint from samples of existing moulding or enrichment to be used in model

 

produce a clay case and pour a case mould

 

use shellac/powdered chalk to seal site sections