Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research options for finishing work
- Assess the potential of specialised finishing materials, tools and equipment
- Inform approach to specialised finishing through research of historical and contemporary trends
- Evaluate the value and potential of purchasing own tools and equipment against the potential benefits of constructing own tools and equipment
- Where appropriate, experiment with the building of own tools and equipment
- Investigate the specific safety issues associated with specialised finishing techniques
- Set up specialised finishing work space
- Assess specialised finishing options
- Apply specialised finishing techniques
- Carry out specialised finishing processes according to safety and design requirements
- Identify and resolve technical problems in the specialised finishing process
- Make modifications to materials, tools and equipment as required
- Liaise with others on technical and creative aspects of specialised finishing, including collaboration on specific challenges
- Evaluate quality of finished work