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ST0096_V02_Plasterer

KSBs

Knowledge

K1: Health and safety: Health and safety hazards, current regulations and legislation. Codes of practice and safe working practices, including asbestos awareness and correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Back to Duty

K2: Customer service: The principles of high quality customer service. Establishing the needs of others (colleagues, customers and other stakeholders). Respect the working environment including customers’ properties, impact on other trades and the project. Back to Duty

K3: Communication: Different communication methods. How to communicate in a clear, articulate and appropriate manner. How to adapt communication style to different situations. How to interpret and use drawings and specifications. Back to Duty

K4: Buildings: Different eras, types of construction methods, insulation considerations, facilities, fire protection. The importance of thermal/insulation to buildings, damp proofing/tanking, renovation and restoration. Back to Duty

K5: Materials: Types of traditional and modern materials; moving, handling and storage of them; their uses and characteristics, e g types, condition, strength and compatibility. Cost awareness and environmental considerations/waste awareness, e g surface water management and recycling. Chemical damp proofing installation, moisture effects and damage. Back to Duty

K6: Considerations before completing plastering work: u-vales, insulation, impact, fire proofing around steel work. Back to Duty

K7: Dry lining: materials, methods, and finishes. Back to Duty

K8: Application methods for different types of mortars and finishes, including heritage and how to re-instate plastering systems post chemical damp-proof injection. Back to Duty

K9: Application methods for different types of render systems including colour rendering; run in situ moulding work in sand and cement. Back to Duty

K10: How to fix ancillary works including beads, trims and how to use additives to form a mechanical key. Back to Duty

K11: How to produce reverse moulds such as enriched cornices, arches, columns, pilasters, corbels ceiling centre and beam case. Back to Duty

K12: How to cast from reverse moulds in fibrous plaster, GRG (glass fibre reinforced gypsum) and GRC (glass fibre reinforced concrete) Back to Duty

K13: How to fix a range of cast mouldings such as enriched cornice, arches, columns, pilasters, corbels, ceiling centre and beam casing. Back to Duty

K14: How to restore existing mouldings including how to take squeezes of different types of mouldings using plaster, clay and silicone rubber to reproduce mouldings to match the original. Back to Duty

Skills

S1: Materials: Identify and prepare surfaces for plastering. Determine quantities and ratios of materials. Move, handle and store materials. Back to Duty

S2: Safe Working: Adhere to relevant health and safety legislation, codes of practice and apply safe working practices, including when working at heights. Back to Duty

S3: Working environment: Select appropriate tools, equipment, materials and components where necessary. Interpret and use drawings and specifications including BIM/CAD. Maintain a clean working area. Back to Duty

S4: Fixing and jointing plasterboard: Construct metal framed partitions, wall linings and openings in preparation for boarding. Mechanically install plasterboard to timber and lightweight metal framing. Direct bond plasterboard to masonry. Use hand applied and machine applied tape and jointing systems. Back to Duty

S5: Plastering: Apply solid plastering systems using one and two coat plastering to internal surfaces. Back to Duty

S6: In-situ moulds: Construct running moulds to match existing moulding design, set up running rules and plaster screeds, run in-situ moulding work including coring out using bracketing on solid backgrounds. Assemble benches, run short breaks and form stop ends, make good internal and external mitres and returned ends. Back to Duty

S7: Running moulds: Construct positive or negative running moulds. Set down running rules correctly. Run reverse moulds and prepare for casting. Run panel moulds. Take casts from reverse moulds. Back to Duty

S8: Repairing existing plaster: Renovate and restore internal and external effected surfaces back to original state. Back to Duty

S9: Install cast mouldings: Install cornice mouldings including forming internal and external mitred angles. Back to Duty

S10: Plastering: Apply three coat plastering, including heritage lime mortars and finishes, and machine applied plaster; sealings and bonding agents, re-instate plastering systems after chemical damp proof injection. Back to Duty

S11: Rendering: Apply traditional, modern and machine applied render systems including colour rendering; run in situ moulding work in sand and cement. Back to Duty

S12: Ancillary works: Fix beads and trims, use additives and form mechanical keys as required, mechanically fix EML, rib lath and timber lath. Back to Duty

S13: Reverse moulds: Produce reverse moulds (e g enriched cornices, arches, columns, pilasters, corbels ceiling centre and beam case). Back to Duty

S14: Casting: Cast from reverse moulds in fibrous plaster, GRG and GRC (glass fibre reinforced cement) Fixing cast mouldings: install cast mouldings (e g enriched cornice, arches, columns, pilasters, corbels, ceiling centre and beam casing. Back to Duty

S15: Restoration of existing mouldings: Take squeezes of different types of mouldings using plaster, clay and silicone rubber to reproduce mouldings to match the original; produce and install mouldings for the repair of existing mouldings. Back to Duty

Behaviors

B1: Positive and mature attitude: Conscientious, punctual, enthusiastic, reliable and professional including appearance. Take responsibility for personal judgements and actions. Be aware of the limits of personal competence. Show drive and energy in fulfilling requirements of role, including deadlines and being proactive not reactive. Show honesty and integrity by developing the trust of customers and colleagues and undertaking responsibilities in an ethical and empathetic manner. Demonstrate awareness of equality and diversity in all aspects of role. Back to Duty

B2: Quality focused: Be reliable, productive, efficient and quality focussed in work and in personal standards to current industrial standards. Awareness and consideration of other trades, e g plaster walls in a way that allows for pipes and electrical wiring. Keep work area clean and tidy. Provide protection to adjacent finishes to avoid possible damage. Provide good customer service. Give consideration to the appropriate use of resources and personal actions in regards to environmental, social and economic factors and their impacts. Back to Duty

B3: Effective communication: Oral (including listening), written, body language and presentation. Collaborate with others, e g colleagues, clients, architects, contract managers, other trades, clients, suppliers and the public regardless of differences in race, gender, sexual orientation, or other characteristics. Back to Duty

B4: Self-motivated learner: Identify personal development needs and take action to meet those needs. Keep up-to-date with best practice and new technology. Show initiative to independently complete work and solve problems by seeking out critical information. Back to Duty


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