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CPCCPD3025 — Match specific paint colours

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What an assessment for CPCCPD3025 must cover

46 assessable components: 3 elements (11 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 28 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Plan and prepare

  • 1.1Review work instructions to interpret and match paint colour.
  • 1.2Plan all work to meet relevant requirements of work health and safety (WHS), Commonwealth and state or territory legislation, environmental plans and obligations, manufacturers’ specifications, and workplace requirements.
  • 1.3Select tools and equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), check for serviceability and report any faults.

2 Match paint colour to sample

  • 2.1From a provided colour sample, determine paint type and sheen level.
  • 2.2Select paint type, paint base and colourants for colour match.
  • 2.3Mix and match colour against sample and allow to dry.
  • 2.4Test dry paint to establish accuracy of match of colour, adjusting and repeating testing process as required.
  • 2.5Record details of colourants used to achieve the paint match.

3 Clean up

  • 3.1Clear work area and check and maintain tools and equipment and clean with appropriate solvents without damage.
  • 3.2Dispose of water and solvents used in cleaning tools and equipment in an environmentally sustainable manner.
  • 3.3Store tools, equipment and sealed unused materials to avoid spontaneous ignition.

Performance evidence

  • colour-matching a minimum of four previously-painted samples
  • two different solvent-based paints
  • two different latex/acrylic paints
  • a minimum of two samples in-situ
  • two different sheen levels
  • use of a minimum of three colour tints in each colour to be matched
  • All work must be performed to the standard required in the workplace and must meet the requirements of work health and safety (WHS), Commonwealth and state or territory legislation, manufacturers’ specifications, and environmental plans and obligations.

Knowledge evidence

  • Safety requirements relevant to interpreting and matching specified paint colours
  • Environmental requirements relevant to interpreting and matching specified paint colours
  • Colour principles related to monochromatic, complementary, split complementary, analogous and triadic colours
  • Colour theory related to primary, secondary, tertiary and intermediate colours
  • Tints, tones, pastels and shades and their effect in relation to colour
  • Use of paint colourants relevant to interpreting and matching specified paint colours
  • Use of tint bases relevant to interpreting and matching specified paint colours
  • Use of advancing and receding colour schemes relevant to interpreting and matching specified paint colours
  • Colours used in heritage painting or restoration
  • Effect, over time, of light on colours
  • Factors that affect the apparent colour of paint:
  • Age and deterioration of painted sample if in-situ
  • Colour and opacity of the paint
  • Colour considerations regarding durability of colours in exterior locations
  • Colour of drapes and other furnishings
  • Colour of surface covered by paint
  • Gloss level and paint type
  • Lighting conditions for paint-matching
  • Types, characteristics, uses and limitations of tools and equipment:
  • Hand-held spectrometers
  • Colorant dispenser
  • Mixing receptacles
  • Paintbrushes
  • Stirring implements
  • Mechanical paint mixers (shakers)
  • Use of the colour wheel in paint-matching
  • Presentation of paint formulas
  • Quality requirements relevant to matching paint colours.

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What does an assessment tool for CPCCPD3025 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for CPCCPD3025 needs to address all 46 unit components: 3 elements with 11 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 28 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for CPCCPD3025?

Auditori pulls the current release of CPCCPD3025 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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