Earning Criteria

• It covers the following skills: Principles of building construction, information and communication; Prepare background surfaces and mix plastering materials; Applying scratch coats to internal Backgrounds; Fixing sheet materials; Applying floating coats to wall; Applying setting coats to wall; Health, safety and welfare in construction
• They know:  The health and safety regulations, roles, and responsibilities; accident and emergency reporting procedures and documentation; how to identify hazards in the workplace; about health and welfare in the workplace; how to handle materials and equipment safely; about access equipment and working at heights; how to work with electrical equipment in the workplace; how to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE);  the cause of fire and fire emergency procedures
• They know:  How to identify information used in the workplace; about environmental considerations in relation to construction; about construction of foundations; about construction of internal and external walls; about construction of floors; about construction of roofs; how to communicate in the workplace; the processes to prepare background surfaces; how to prepare for mixing plastering materials; how to mix plastering materials; how to apply scratch coats to internal backgrounds;
• They will also know how to measure, cut, and fix plasterboards; how to measure, cut, and fix pre-formed beads;  how to apply floating coats to wall and how to apply setting coats to walls
• They are able to: use processes to prepare background surfaces; prepare for mixing plaster materials; mix plaster materials; are able to apply scratch coats to internal backgrounds; measure, cut and fix plasterboards; measure, cut and fix pre-formed beads and EML; apply floating coats to walls and apply setting coats to walls.
• This qualification is regulated by OFQUAL
• This qualification is regulated by Qualification Wales
• This qualification is regulated by SQA in Scotland