City & Guilds
Level 3
QN: 600/8592/7
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma In Painting and Decorating
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 460 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
8 Units
Guided Hours
460 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Applying hangings to walls and ceilings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Describe methods used in wallpaper production and the trimming and jointing methods required
- Know how to select and prepare adhesives
- Be able to select and prepare adhesives
- Know how to apply papers to ceilings, walls and complex surfaces
- Be able to apply papers to ceilings, walls and complex surfaces
- Know how to hang wide-width vinyls
- Be able to hang paper backed and fabric backed wide-width vinyls
- Know how to hang specialist papers
- Be able to hang specialist papers
- Know how to store materials
- Be able to store materials
2
Applying water-borne paint systems using airless equipment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare work areas by protecting adjacent surfaces, furniture and fittings
- Be able to prepare work areas by protecting adjacent surfaces, furniture and fittings
- Understand how to select components and produce a working airless spray unit
- Be able to select components and produce a working airless spray unit
- Understand how to apply water-borne coatings by airless spray
- Prepare and apply water-borne coatings by HVLP spray
- Know how to rectify faults in spray equipment and defects in applied coatings, rectify equipment faults using rectification procedures
- Know how to clean
- maintain and store airless spray equipment and materials
- Be able to clean
3
Applying water-borne paint systems using high volume low-pressure HVLP spray equipment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare work areas by protecting adjacent surfaces, furniture and fitting using high volume low-pressure spray equipment (HVLP)
- Be able to prepare work and surrounding areas prior to painting using HVLP spray equipment
- Understand how to set up HVLP spray equipment prepare materials for spray application
- Be able to apply water-borne coatings by HVLP spray
- Know how to rectify faults in spray equipment and defects in applied coatings
- Be able to rectify faults in spray equipment and defects in applied coatings
- Know how to clean
- maintain and store HVLP spray equipment and materials
- Be able to clean
4
Erecting and dismantling access equipment and working platforms
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- understand the preparation required for using access equipment and working platforms.
- be able to prepare for using access equipment and working platforms.
- understand how to check access equipment and identify faults.
- be able to check access equipment.
- understand how to erect access equipment and working platforms.
- be able to erect access equipment and working platforms.
- understand how to dismantle and store components.
- be able to dismantle and store components.
5
Health, safety and welfare in construction
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know the health and safety regulations, roles and responsibilities
- Know accident and emergency reporting procedures and documentation
- Know how to identify hazards in the workplace
- Know about health and welfare in the workplace
- Know how to handle materials and equipment safely
- Know about access equipment and working at heights
- Know how to work with electrical equipment in the workplace
- Know how to use personal protective equipment (PPE)
- use of fire and fire emergency procedures
6
Principles of organising, planning and pricing construction work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand different types of drawn information in construction
- Understand energy efficiency and sustainable materials for construction
- Understand how to estimate quantities and price work for construction
- Understand how to plan work activities for construction
- Understand how to communicate effectively in the workplace
7
Producing specialist architectual finishes for decorative work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to set out and install centre-pieces
- Be able to set out and install centre pieces
- Understand how to set out and install coving
- Be able to set out and install coving
8
Producing specialist finishes for painted decorative work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- be able to produce quality finish ground coats for painted decorative work.
- understand how to prepare multi-plate and apply stencils
- be able to prepare and apply multi-plates.
- understand how to replicate different types of wood using graining methods.
- be able to replicate different types of wood using graining methods.
- understand how to replicate marble.
- be able to replicate marble.
- understand how to apply metal leaf.
- be able to apply metal leaf.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/8592/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Jul 2013