MSFFL2010 Prepare walls for coverings

Release: 1

MSFFL2010 Prepare walls for coverings

Modification History

Release 1 - New unit of competency

Application

This unit of competency covers cleaning and preparing walls to a smooth flat surface in preparation for resilient wall coverings and coatings.

Licensing, legislative or certification requirements may apply to this unit and relevant state/territory and local government agencies should be consulted to determine any necessary certification or licensing for undertaking flooring work. Access to construction sites requires certification of general induction training specified by the National Code of Practice for Induction for Construction Work (ASCC 2007).

Pre-requisite Unit

Competency Field

Unit Sector

Flooring technology

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Prepare for work	1.1	Applicable work health and safety (WHS), legislative and organisational requirements and Australian Standards relevant to wall preparation for coverings on wall substrate are verified and complied with
1.2	Instructions and/or plans are read and interpreted to identify the process required to complete work tasks
1.3	The condition of the walls are assessed to prepare walls to a smooth flat surface, and the extent of preparation required is confirmed
1.4	Suitable primers, smoothing and repairing compounds are selected
1.5	Surfaces are checked for contamination, moisture content, plane, smooth, square internal and external corners and suitable preparation
1.6	Material safety data sheets (MSDS), or equivalent, are read and applied during the work
1.7	Tools, equipment and materials are selected and checked prior to use to ensure that they are appropriate for the work, serviceable and in a safe condition
1.8	Sequence of work is planned, including the starting point, to ensure efficiency and quality of installation
2	Apply levelling compounds and primers	2.1	A mixing station is established where materials and equipment are prepared and positioned for use
2.2	Trial applications of surface materials are made to check equipment operation, materials consistency and specified surface finish
2.3	Surface coating is applied with the depth and coverage in accordance with manufacturer specifications and job requirements
2.4	Internal and external corners are checked for square, wall surfaces are checked for plane and smooth and cleared for further processing
2.5	Completed work is checked for flaws in installation and materials and faults rectified
3	Complete housekeeping	3.1	Unused materials are stored or recycled as required
3.2	Tools and equipment are cleaned and stored appropriately
3.3	Work area is cleaned and rubbish disposed of appropriately
3.4	Workplace documentation is completed

Foundation Skills

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency. Detail on appropriate performance levels for each furnishing unit of competency in reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy utilising the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) are provided in the Furnishing Training Package Implementation Guide.

Range of Conditions

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Unit context includes:	WHS requirements, including legislation, building codes, material safety management systems, hazardous and dangerous goods codes, and local safe operating procedures or equivalent work is carried out in accordance with legislative obligations, environmental legislation, relevant health regulations, manual handling procedures and organisation insurance requirements work requires individual to demonstrate some discretion, judgement and problem solving
Wall preparation includes:	the application of primers, repairing and smoothing cement-based compounds
Substrates include:	concrete cement rendered fibrous cement board medium and high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) hard underlay ply sheeting hardboard
Tools and equipment include:	utility knife straight edge square tape measure spirit level screed bar finishing trowel corner trowel spatula rollers brushes measuring buckets batching buckets angle grinder trolley
Materials include:	sanding paper grinding discs carborundum brick smoothing and repairing compounds primers
Personal protective equipment includes:	that prescribed under legislation, regulations and enterprise policies and practices
Information and procedures include:	workplace procedures relating to the use of tools and equipment work instructions, including job sheets, cutting lists, plans, drawings and designs workplace procedures relating to reporting and communication manufacturer specifications and operational procedures

Unit Mapping Information

Supersedes and is equivalent to LMFFL2106A Prepare walls for coverings

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.education.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=0601ab95-583a-4e93-b2d4-cfb27b03ed73