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Describe the main types of sloping roof, which can include:
- details of main areas, eaves, verges, ridges, hips and valleys.
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Photos and videos of roof installations:
- from outside and inside the roof space
- before, during, and after construction
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Interpret instructions and drawings
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Examples of:
- manufacturer’s instructions
- roofing drawings
- requirements/specifications
- architects drawings
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Describe membranes and battens including:
- types, sizes, materials, selection, uses, and features
- regular and reinforced membranes
- batten wood preservation
- batten loading and strength
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Examples of battens and membranes
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Use tools and equipment (hand and power) for:
- measuring, marking, and installing
- types, uses, cleaning, setting, hazards, maintenance, and storage
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Examples of tools and equipment
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Perform basic estimates for quantities of battens and membranes
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Sample estimates
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Perform basic calculations for batten spacings including:
- bottom datum, top datum, and gauge
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Sample calculations
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Make and use a gauging stick, strike horizontal lines
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Example gauging stick
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Describe how to store and handle membranes and battens including:
- on open ground
- in a covered building
- on the roof
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Describe how to lift membranes and battens onto the roof including by:
- hand, winch, conveyor, hoist
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Videos of methods
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Plan the work including:
- access, start point, exit, set out, foot traffic, communication, materials, equipment, other trades
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Access methods to/from the roof depend on availability, roof type, a risk assessment, plus working at height PPE, and may include:
- step ladders, platform ladders, leaning ladders, trestles, elevated work platforms, scissor lifts, cherry pickers, boom lifts, travel towers, guard rails, mobile scaffold, and fixed scaffold
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Work safely including:
- follow safe work practices/procedures
- identify hazards
- reduce/eliminate risks
- use controls
- use personal protective equipment (PPE)
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Videos/photos of good and bad practice.
Examples of:
- PPE
- risk assessments
- safe work practices/procedures
- spills and clean up
- environmental legislation
- safety legislation
- SDS sheets for COSSH
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Roof check including:
- defects, slope angle, spacings, dimensions, squareness and compensation techniques
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Video in classroom
Practical demonstration in workshop using a roof rig
Candidate practice with coaching using a roof rig
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Set out the materials on the roof
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Install breather membrane to:
- valley, eaves, main roof area, soil pipe, ridge, hip, verge, and abutment
- and include membrane: sag, drape, and overlaps
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Check batten quality (grade) to current BS 5534:
- wane, fissures, knots, resin pockets
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Measure, cut, and fix battens (stop and counter) using hand and power tools to the roof including:
- hip, verge, abutment, and half-rafter
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Maintain a clean and tidy workplace
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Describe what to do if the weather deteriorates including:
- hot, cold, windy, and wet
- before, during, and after the work
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Clean up and dispose of waste materials
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Environmental considerations for waste materials
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