Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for work
- Identify and follow work health and safety, legislative and organisational requirements
- Correctly identify work requirements and process from review of documentation
- Confirm subfloor suitability for installation consistent with Australian Standards and manufacturer recommendations
- Select suitable expansion joints, cover strips, fixings and adhesives
- Select and check tools, equipment and materials prior to use to ensure that they are appropriate for the work, serviceable and in a safe condition
- Plan sequence of work to ensure efficiency and quality of installation
- Set out expansion joints for installation
- Position expansion joints according to the requirements of the flooring type, manufacturer specifications and Australian Standards
- Organise timber or metal mouldings or cork expansion strip for fixing and use in accordance with relevant management requirements
- Prepare required adhesives and fixings for use in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Establish working lines and starting point
- Prepare expansion joints
- Follow instructions and sequence for cutting and fixing
- Lay out timber or metal mouldings to meet directional sequence, pattern match, specification requirements and to minimise waste and joins
- Maximise the aesthetics of the materials, where appropriate, matching grains and colours
- Accurately and clearly mark timber or metal moulding or cork expansion strip materials for cutting
- Cut timber or metal moulding or cork expansion strip to length and size for final fixing ensuring minimum waste
- Install expansion joints
- Organise and use timber or metal mouldings or cork expansion strip for fixing in accordance with relevant safety management requirements
- Prepare and use required adhesives and mechanical fixings in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Fit timber or metal mouldings or cork expansion strip to perimeter wall expansion gaps, expansion joints in the body of the floor or transition areas
- Inspect finished job and rectify any imperfections following workplace procedures
- Complete housekeeping
- Store and recycle unused materials in accordance with workplace procedures
- Check, clean and store tools and equipment in accordance with workplace procedures
- Clean work area and dispose of rubbish safely
- Accurately complete required workplace documentation
- Identify and follow work health and safety, legislative and organisational requirements
- Correctly identify work requirements and process from review of documentation
- Confirm subfloor suitability for installation consistent with Australian Standards and manufacturer recommendations
- Select suitable expansion joints, cover strips, fixings and adhesives
- Select and check tools, equipment and materials prior to use to ensure that they are appropriate for the work, serviceable and in a safe condition
- Plan sequence of work to ensure efficiency and quality of installation