Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare substrate
- Identify and control hazards
- Prepare substrate, as required and minimise waste
- Review result compared to requirements
- Review substrate preparation process
- Identify areas for improvement and take appropriate actions
- Clean up and perform any routine maintenance required on equipment
- Complete any required documentation/reporting according to SOPs
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify the chemistry of materials to be applied to the surface
- Identify the surface chemistry of the substrate
- Determine any chemical treatments needed to make the substrate compatible with the materials to be applied
- Interpret safety data sheets (SDS) for materials that may be used
- Identify the current and possible required physical states of the substrate
- Select most appropriate preparation technique for job
- Compare possible substrate preparation methods with specification
- Select most appropriate substrate preparation
- Conduct and evaluate tests, as appropriate
- Review selection and substrate preparation and make any required changes to substrate preparation
- Prepare substrate, as required and minimise waste
- Review result compared to requirements
- Review substrate preparation process
- Identify areas for improvement and take appropriate actions
- Clean up and perform any routine maintenance required on equipment
- Complete any required documentation/reporting according to SOPs