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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine project requirements
   • Review and clarify project brief with client
   • Confirm and evaluate parameters and constraints of project from specifications
   • Select work resources based on the needs of project
   • Identify and assess aspects of brief that inform finish selection
   • Identify key project stakeholders and establish required communication protocols
2. Research finish options
   • Assess aesthetic requirements of finish and identify potential options
   • Evaluate intended use against functional features of different products
   • Identify and consider new and emerging finish technologies for their application to the brief
   • Identify application requirements in terms of available expertise
   • Evaluate finish properties for their safety and sustainability
   • Source and compare information about costs and availability against project brief
3. Refine ideas and select finishes
   • Explore and refine ideas about finishing options through a process of reflection and testing
   • Provide clear and relevant research information highlighting findings and rationale for finishes chosen

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:

research and select finishes that respond to three different design briefs and that individually or cumulatively involve at least:

two types of base material onto which the finish is applied

two types of finishing materials

two different application methods.

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Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

elements and principles of design, their interrelationships, and how they are used in relation to finishes

characteristics, properties and selection criteria for different finishing or coating materials, both aesthetic and functional, including:

lacquers

laminates

metal

oils

paints

paper

pigments

plastics

stainless steel

stains

synthetics

textiles

veneers

vinyls

waxes

the interactions of different finishing materials with different base materials

properties of finishes and how these inform recommendations:

aesthetics

application methods and technologies

construction, composition and materials, including tactile nature of finishes

maintenance requirements

quality

safety application, flammability, fixing requirements

sustainability sourcing, production, longevity, recycling or end of life disposal

current and emerging finishing technologies

how to structure and present research information and recommendations.

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