CPC30620 Certificate III in Painting and Decorating

Program Overview

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This comprehensive program provides a solid foundation in construction safety, scaffolding, and painting and decorating techniques. It covers essential modules such as WHS requirements, scaffolding erection, EWP operation, and paint application, preparing individuals for a range of careers in the construction industry, including painter and decorator, laborer, and business owner.

Program Outline

Outline:

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Module 1: Be Safe

• Apply WHS requirements, policies, and procedures in the construction industry
• Identify hazards, understand health and safety legislation, and respond to emergencies

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Module 2: Scaffolding

• Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding
• Provide work platforms for various occupational applications

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Module 3: For the High Rollers

• Work safely at heights
• Undertake training to work safely on construction sites where a worker has the potential to fall

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Module 4: EWP Training

• Operate elevated work platforms up to 11 meters
• Locate, set up, operate, and shut down scissor lifts and self-propelled boom lifts

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Module 5: Measure Twice, Cut Once

• Calculate costs of construction work
• Estimate materials, overheads, labor, and time requirements

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Module 6: Be Green

• Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
• Comply with environmental regulations and understand the importance of sustainability

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Module 7: Plan to have a Plan

• Plan and organize work
• Plan and organize basic work tasks on a construction site

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Module 8: Smoko Break

• Conduct workplace communication
• Gather, convey, and receive information through verbal and written communication

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Module 9: Numbers & Figures

• Carry out measurements and calculations
• Perform simple calculations to determine task and material requirements

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Module 10: Pen to Paper

• Read and interpret plans and specifications
• Read and interpret plans and drawings, including recognizing symbols and abbreviations and understanding key features and specifications

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Module 11: Walk the Plank

• Erect and maintain trestle and plank systems
• Safely erect and monitor trestle and plank work platforms

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Module 12: Store it Safely

• Handle and store painting and decorating materials
• Read safety data sheets, handle, sort, and store painting and decorating materials with environmental and sustainable practices in mind

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Module 13: The Start

• Use painting and decorating tools and equipment
• Safely and effectively use tools of the trade, plan, prepare, and clean up the worksite

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Module 14: Out with the Old

• Remove and replace doors and door and window components
• Plan, prepare, remove, and replace doors and door and window furniture

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Module 15: Wax on Wax Off

• Prepare existing coated surfaces for painting
• Restore, repair, and prepare different material surfaces for painting

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Module 16: Rollin' with the Homies

• Apply paint by brush and roller
• Prepare the work area, mix materials, apply paint, finish the surface, and clean up

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Module 17: Textured Finishes

• Apply texture coat paint finishes by brush, roller, and spray
• Apply texture coat paint finishes to different surfaces

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Module 18: Give it a Spray

• Apply paint by spray
• Learn the benefits and disadvantages of using a spray gun and apply paint by spray

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Module 19: Perfect Match

• Match specific paint colors
• Color-match new and existing painting finishes

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Module 20: Timber Staining

• Apply stains and clear timber finishes
• Apply stains and clear timber finishes to different material surfaces

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Module 21: Don't be a Wallflower

• Remove and apply wallpaper
• Apply wallpaper to walls of different materials

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Module 22: Let's get creative

• Apply decorative paint finishes
• Apply decorative paint finishes to a range of different material surfaces

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Module 23: The Protector

• Apply protective paint coating systems
• Apply specialized paint coating systems for protection against atmospheric conditions and other hazards

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Module 24: Heavy Metal

• Work safely with lead-painted surfaces in the painting industry
• Identify, prepare, remove, encapsulate, and dispose of lead paint hazards

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Module 25: Preparation is key

• Prepare uncoated surfaces for painting
• Prepare uncoated surfaces for painting

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Module 26: Asbestos Safety

• Work safely to encapsulate non-friable asbestos in the painting industry
• Identify, encapsulate, and dispose of non-friable asbestos hazards

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Module 27: Graffiti Art or Nuisance

• Remove graffiti and apply anti-graffiti coatings
• Remove graffiti and apply preventative materials to different surfaces

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Module 28: Explore Trade

• Investigate business opportunities
• Identify and assess a business opportunity and its components

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Module 29: Safety First

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Careers:

• Painter & Decorator
• Labourer
• Business Owner