Year 11 Transition Tasks
Plastering
Introduction Welcome to the City of Bristol College the following pack is designed to give you an introduction to the types of work and tasks you can expect from a course in plastering.
§ Positives – Plastering is a great way to keep you fit as It is a very physical job, never in one place for too long meeting new people and has good financial rewards.
§ Negatives – it is a messy job and can be cold during the winter months.
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Plasterer The main role of a plasterer is to paste layers of plaster onto walls, floors and ceilings. Both, Internal and External finishes are produced. Plasterers work on a number of different buildings, including new housing developments, offices and houses (redecorations or extensions). They repair or restore existing plasterwork and plaster newly erected walls. The Historic and Fibrous side of plastering involve, plastering using lime and making decorative mouldings for ceilings or walls. The process of creating plasterwork, called plastering, has been used in building construction for centuries. Plasterers have an advantage over some trades during bad weather in that they can work inside. Most plastering tasks are completed before a decorator paints the walls or ceilings.
Plasterer at work, then and now.
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Plasterer’s activities Opening the hyperlinks, I have listed below should give you more information on the activities a plasterer completes on a day-day basis. 1. Dot and Dab – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVVnHI8xYk 2. Plasterboard walls and ceilings – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCZ-hukj2UQ 3. Modern Rendering – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1PEBs24Kk 4. Smooth Rendering – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uibNg1feXdg 5. Skimming walls – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePwKVhFnHjA 6. Skimming ceilings – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUQhCXQ34g 7. Floor screeding – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEo1DXr5LA4
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Health and Safety Construction sites are high risk working environments. Employees are expected to work at great heights with heavy machinery and potentially dangerous building materials. It's crucial that health and safety regulations are closely followed to reduce the chance of injury and protect the lives of workers.
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Health and Safety Regulations
Roles and Responsibilities
A. List four duties of the Employer under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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Task 1 – Health and Safety You will follow regulations and B. List three duties of the employee under the Health and Safety at Work Act learn abbreviations like the ones below and many more. Search the 1...... 2...... internet and try to answer the 3...... questions I have compiled.
What do these abbreviations stand for?
1. C.O.S.H.H
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2. P.U.W.E.R
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3. R.I.D.D.O.R
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Task 2 – Safety Signs Research and complete the Safety signs activity.
Sign Identification Sign What Type of Sign What does the sign mean
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Internal plastering O F W Y T S I Y X A J F G U L T A O C P U G N I K C I R P E Complete the Wordsearch. E Z R A H B B M Y L R T O D T
G T K S H O R X L N A G U B N
A H A T E D L I N O X B W I I
K D B G R T S L C C B I U N L
N V I J E E T G O I I R W D E
AGGREGATE BINDER COMPOSITE I O L B N R N I N W S H G E T CONCRETE FLOATING DUBBING OUT R R I O A I G G N Y S S B R E LINTEL COAT H Q T C T L O G S G M J M F R PRICKING UP SCRATCH HOLLOWS COAT COAT S S Y A L U H K A P C A U L C SETTING D W O F T Q K U K N O O Y C N SHRINKAGE STONE SILL COAT A L U S C R A T C H C O A T O WALL PLATE WORKABILITY F E T I S O P M O C L M J T C
W A L L P L A T E B T J P G Y
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Tool pricing task – A Supplier / Shop Price plasterer’s tools Plastering trowel In order to ensure that an operative can carry out the work Gauging trowel to interiors, it is recommended that the following tools are Bucket trowel available: plastering trowel, gauging trowel, bucket trowel, Splash brush splash brush, hawk, tin snips, Hawk claw hammer, spirit level, internal angle trowel, comb Tin snips scratcher, plastic float and tape measure (5m). Claw hammer
Using websites, local trade Spirit level suppliers and trade literature, produce a price list for the Internal angle trowel items. Comb scratcher Remember to search for the best quality at the best price. This Plastic float may mean buying some items Tape measure (5m) from different suppliers!
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Course Information Level 1 Plastering ( GCSE Grade 2 x 3) § Basic hand skills § Use of hand tools § Preparing surfaces and applying render coats § Preparing surfaces and applying finish coats § Mixing materials and applying floating coats § Tutorial § 30 hours work experience § Home study
0117 312 5000 [email protected] cityofbristol.ac.uk @CityofBristolCollege CoBCollege Year 11 Transition Tasks Course Information Level 2 Plastering (GCSE Grade 3 x 3) This level 2 Diploma from City and Guilds is an excellent opportunity for those of you looking at wanting to become Plasterers. You will be trained and assessed to achieve the following units: § Health, safety and welfare in construction § Principles of building construction, information and communication § Hand Skills § Apply plastering materials to interiors § Fix dry lining and plasterboards to interiors § Laying sand and cement screeds § Applying plastering materials to external backgrounds § 30 hours work experience / 3.5 hours of home or self-study a week § Tutorial / Maths and English (depending on grades) § The course will teach both internal and external plastering and you will learn about preparation as well as application. This is a very in-depth course and the aim is to get you to a stage whereby you can competently enter the industry and start earning an income as an apprentice Plasterer.
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