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Title
Wallpapering Intermediate
Duration
Minimum 2 days of 6 learning hours per day
Purpose/ scope
Purpose:
This standard is about hanging patterned wallpaper of various types including vinyl, non-woven and traditional. This standard includes wallpapering around a window, a chimney breast and a standard ceiling.
Scope:
Occupational relevance
Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational group(s):
Delegate pre-requisites
Ideally the delegate will have either completed the basic wallpapering course or had some experience of wallpaper with foundation papers on site.
Instruction/ supervision
As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:
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:
This standard is considered to contain 51 per cent or more practical training.
Assessment
For the successful completion of training, the trainer must be satisfied that the delegate has achieved all of the learning outcomes.
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
Non-mandatory refresher
Approval date
July 2020
Review cycle
On request
The delegate will be able to:
Additional guidance to support learning outcome
Adopt safe and healthy work practices, procedures and skills relating to the method/area of work
Use methods of calculating quantity, length, area and wastage associate with the method/procedure to hang wallcoverings
Check suitability of surfaces to receive wallpaper.
Preparation of pastes and adhesives.
Prepare and hang the following; -
Patterned vinyl
Non-woven
Traditional paper
To the following surfaces; -
Walls
Ceilings
Window reveal
Chimney breast
Work around electrical fittings.
Safe use of access equipment, hand tools and associated equipment
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