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PMC553070B
Design and construct moulds for fibrous plaster products
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit of competency applies to plaster modellers who are responsible for designing from scratch by intuitive means or determining, either from an existing shape or product, the shape of a product to be created in fibrous plaster. The modeller then, by a process of hand carving, creates a negatively shaped mould impression from which a positively shaped fibrous plaster impression would be created.
This competency is typically performed by an experienced modeler, leading hand or supervisor.
This unit of competency covers the design and construction of moulds for fibrous plaster products. It involves creating an image of the product to be produced, converting the image to an imagined negatively shaped mould cavity, selecting and mounting material for mould construction and ensuring mould meets requirements.
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