Earning Criteria

• It covers the following mandatory skills:
• Health, safety and welfare in construction; Principles of building construction, information and communication; Apply plastering materials to Interiors; Fix dry lining and plasterboards to interiors
• Learners will also take a range of optional units covering the following skills:
• Laying sand and cement screeds; Applying plastering materials to external; Produce reverse moulds for fibrous work; Casting and fixing fibrous plasterwork Backgrounds; Produce reverse moulds for fibrous work; Casting and fixing fibrous plasterwork
• 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 will:
• Understand how to select types of building information; know about environmental considerations in relation to construction; understand the construction of foundations; understand construction of internal and external walls;  know about construction of floors; know about construction of roofs; understand how to communicate in the workplace
• They will:  understand how to interpret information for interior work; understand how to select and prepare materials for interior work; understand how to apply one, two and three-coat plastering to interior backgrounds; understand how to interpret information for fixing dry lining and plasterboards; understand how to select materials and components for fixing dry lining and plasterboards; understand how to fix dry lining and plasterboards; fix dry lining and plasterboards
• They are able to:  interpret information from drawings and specifications relating to interior work; select and prepare equipment and materials for interior work; apply one, two and three-coat plastering to interior backgrounds; interpret information from drawings and specifications for fixing dry lining and plasterboards and select materials and components for fixing dry lining and plasterboards.
• They maybe able to:
• Understand how to interpret information for laying sand and cement screeds; interpret information from drawings and specifications for laying sand and cement screeds; know how to select materials and components for laying sand and cement screeds; select materials and components to lay sand and cement screeds; understand how to lay sand and cement screeds;  lay sand and cement screeds
• They maybe able to:
• Understand how to interpret information for external work; to interpret information for external work; understand how to select materials, tools and equipment for external work; select and prepare equipment and materials for external work; understand how to apply render to external backgrounds;  apply two coat rendering to external backgrounds
• They maybe able to:
• Understand how to interpret information for producing reverse moulds;  interpret information for producing reverse moulds; know how to select materials, components and equipment for producing reverse moulds;  select materials, components and equipment to produce reverse moulds;  know how to produce reverse moulds; produce reverse moulds
• They maybe able to:
• Understand how to interpret information to cast and fix fibrous plasterwork; interpret information to cast and fix fibrous plasterwork;  know how to select materials, components and equipment to cast and fix fibrous plasterwork; select materials, components and equipment to cast and fix plasterwork; understand how to cast fibrous plasterwork; cast fibrous plasterwork; understand how to fix and finish fibrous plasterwork;  fix and finish fibrous plasterwork
• This qualification is regulated by OFQUAL
• This qualification is regulated by Qualification Wales
• This qualification is regulated by SQA in Scotland