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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan and prepare work.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Health and safety requirements must include:

selection, correct fitting, and use of PPE prescribed under legislation, regulations and workplace policies and practices

emergency procedures, including:

evacuation

first aid

location and use of firefighting equipment

hazard identification and risk control procedures

safe operating procedures, including the conduct of operational risk assessment and treatments associated with:

traffic control

work site visitors and the public

working at heights

working in confined spaces

working in proximity to others

use of machines

use of tools and equipment

workplace environmental requirements.

Tools and equipment include:

cutting knives

mahl sticks

oils appropriate to the application

paint pots

sign-writing pencils, pens and brushes

stirring sticks

tape measures and rulers

tapes.

Decorative effects must include:

three dimensional (3-D)

colour effects

shading.


Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must produce four hand-painted signs using both simple and decorative lettering.

The signs must be produced to scale and measure a minimum of 1 square metre for at least two of the following surfaces:

glass

masonry

metals

plastics

wood.

One of the above hand-painted signs must include a small graphic logo with at least four different colours.

A different layout method must be used for each of the above signs, ensuring that the following four methods are used in total:

computer-generated

direct on to substrate

overhead projection

pounce method.

In doing the above work, the person must demonstrate:

correct use of techniques to measure, and calculate and apply scale and dimension when producing the final sign

correct selection and use of brushes, paints and brush techniques to produce job requirements

correct preparation of paints and other tools and equipment

application of health and safety requirements

assessment of own work throughout the process, and identification and rectification of faults in painting letters and decorative effects.


Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

characteristics, style and sign-writing techniques for simple alphabets, including:

block letters

sans serif alphabets

characteristics, style and sign-writing techniques for decorative alphabets, including:

construction of formal and informal alphabet scripts

freestyle alphabets

serif alphabets

methods for calculating and applying dimensions and scale when laying out signs

contents of and terms used in safe work method statements (SWMS) applicable to sign-writing to decorative forms

principles of design applicable to lettering, including:

theory of letter writing

layout of various types of lettering

relevant Australian standards, including:

AS 2311 General workmanship – painting

AS 2700 Colour standards for general purposes

AS 1530.3 Fire retardant systems

AS 1319 Safety signs for the occupational environment

purpose and application of manufacturer specifications when working with paints and chemicals used to sign write decorative forms

statutory and regulatory authority requirements relating to painting letters and decorative effects for signs, particularly those relating to:

removal of waste products

storage of chemicals and materials

techniques to produce layout accurately to balanced design

terminology and use of abbreviations in the signs and graphics industry.