CPCCPD3033 — Apply intumescent coatings

1 Plan and prepare.

• 1.1Review work instructions to apply intumescent coatings.
• 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 and fit personal protective equipment (PPE) as required for each task.
• 1.4Inspect work site, assess hazards and apply risk controls, including required signage and barricades.
• 1.5Identify materials appropriate to the work application, calculate quantities and prepare, handle safely and locate ready for use.
• 1.6Select tools and equipment, check for serviceability and rectify and report any faults.

2 Prepare work area and surfaces.

• 2.1Set-up area for application processes to suit surfaces to be coated.
• 2.2Protect surrounding surfaces with drop sheets, masking or removal of objects.
• 2.3Check that where doors, windows and associated furniture are removed they are safely stacked, stored and protected.
• 2.4Check work site to ensure provision of adequate ventilation and implementation of precautions to prevent fire and explosion.
• 2.5Implement measures to ensure application area remains free of dust and foreign matter.
• 2.6Check surface to be coated for sufficient clearance for the expansion of the coating in the case of a fire.
• 2.7Strip surface completely of any pre-existing finish.

3 Apply priming and intumescent coatings to timber.

• 3.1Apply priming coat to ensure adhesion of intumescent coating.
• 3.2Apply intumescent coating by brush, roller or airless spray, maintaining required temperature and humidity.
• 3.3Use measuring gauges to determine wet film thickness.
• 3.4Apply top/finish coat to manufacturers’ specifications.
• 3.5Protect the finish against abrasion and humidity during drying and curing.
• 3.6Use measuring gauges to determine dry film thickness to ensure completed coat meets manufacturer’s specifications.

4 Apply priming and intumescent coatings to structural metal.

• 4.1Blast or wire-brush metal surface to prepare for intumescent coating.
• 4.2De-grease galvanised steel.
• 4.3Measure the temperature of the surface to ensure it meets the manufacturers’ specifications.
• 4.4Apply priming coat to ensure adhesion of coating.
• 4.5Apply intumescent coating by brush, roller or airless spray, maintaining required temperature and humidity.
• 4.6Use measuring gauges to determine wet film thickness.
• 4.7Apply top/finish coat to manufacturers’ specifications.
• 4.8Protect the finish against abrasion and humidity during drying and curing.
• 4.9Use measuring gauges to determine dry film thickness to ensure completed coat meets manufacturers’ specifications.

5 Clean up.

• 5.1Clean up, meeting all legislative and workplace requirements for safety, waste disposal, materials handling and protection of the environment.
• 5.2Clear work area, reuse or recycle materials and place waste and unwanted materials into job waste bins or rubbish stockpile.
• 5.3Check and maintain tools and equipment and clean with appropriate solvents.
• 5.4Dispose of paint waste and water and solvents used in cleaning tools and equipment in an environmentally sustainable manner.
• 5.5Store tools, equipment and sealed unused materials to avoid spontaneous ignition.

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