GQA Qualifications Limited · RQF Level 3
GQA Level 3 Diploma in the Production of Coatings
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits59
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification19
Awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units GQA Qualifications Limited registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Carry Out Complex Sampling Operations Within A Processing / Manufacturing EnvironmentReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the requirements of complex sampling.
- Prepare for complex sampling.
- Obtain representative samples.
- Maintain integrity of sample.
Carry out small scale Coatings processingReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of safety within small scale Coatings processing operations.
- Understand why small scale processes are carried out.
- Understand how to determine process routes.
- Determine a suitable process route for the coatings material being processed.
- Prepare to carry out the small scale process in hand.
- Understand what factors can govern the efficiency and outcome of the coatings process.
- Carry out the small scale process.
- Monitor and assess progress of the small scale process.
- Complete the small scale process.
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Coatings – Colour Match a ProductReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know why manufactured coatings products may be subject to colour matching procedures
- Understand the contents of, and the importance of process documents
- Conduct colour matching procedures safely
- Conduct colour evaluation procedures according to given standards
- Interpret colour evaluation results
- Adjust colour of product batch to match given standard
- Conclude the colour matching process
- Record specified information and explain its significance
Coatings – Conduct Process Control TestsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know why control tests are carried out on in-process coatings products
- Understand the contents of, and the importance of process documents
- Conduct in-process tests safely
- Conduct specified in-process, product tests
- Interpret in-process product test results
- Record specified information and explain its significance
Coatings – Package a Product _automated operations_Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the contents of, and the importance of process documents
- Package products safely
- Gather, and prepare, materials and equipment
- Package product to specification requirements
- Complete the packaging process
- Record specified information and explain its significance
Coatings – Process Materials _general_Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the contents of, and the importance of process documents
- Process materials safely
- Initiate the process and optimise process conditions
- Control the process and achieve the specified result
- Complete the process
- Record specified information and explain its significance
Coatings – Produce a Blended ProductReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the contents of, and the importance of process documents
- Blend materials safely
- Blend materials according to instructions
- Complete the process
- Record specified information and explain its significance
Coatings – Safety, Health and Environmental AspectsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how the United Kingdom legal system governs Safety, Health and Environment in the workplace
- Understand the practical implications of SHE law in the workplace
- Understand how human activities impinge on the environment at large, and their legal implications
Conduct complex test procedures on Coatings MaterialsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand defined safety standards and procedures.
- Determine what tests are to be conducted.
- Understand why specific technical properties are selected for test purposes.
- Conduct the specified tests.
- Prepare the test equipment and supplementary materials.
- Understand equipment faults / set-up errors, their effect and potential consequences.
- Rectify equipment faults and set-up errors.
- Locate the test material(s) and acquire representative samples.
- Understand preparation and preconditioning activities.
- Prepare and precondition the t
Develop test regimes for coatings materialsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the development process for sampling and testing regimes for new and existing coatings materials.
- Understand the reasons why specific technical properties are selected for test purposes.
- Know what information is required to aid development of a test regime.
- Acquire all contributory information for the sampling and testing regime.
- Comply with given limits of authority commensurate with each element of the sampling and testing regime.
- Understand the safety, health and environment issues which must be accounted for in the sampling and testing regime.
- Be able to
General Overview of CoatingsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know what is meant by surface coatings technology
- Know the types, properties and functions of surface coatings’ raw materials
- Know the basic mechanisms of film formation of surface coatings
Identify And Rectify Technical Problems In A Processing And / Or Manufacturing EnvironmentReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the types of technical problems that can occur in a processing/manufacturing environment and how to investigate them
- Investigate a technical problem to identify the problem, its location and likely causes
- Know when and how to obtain expert assistance to help identify technical problems
- Rectify the technical problem
- Ensure that the technical problem has been rectified
- Overcome problems in the identification and rectification of technical problems
- Record technical problems, their location and rectification and how to inform peo
Maintain Coatings Process Instruments and Control SystemsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of safety within routine maintenance procedures for coatings instruments and control systems.
- Understand the function of control systems / instruments.
- Understand why instruments and control systems may be subject to occasional or routine upgrades.
- Determine and carry out maintenance task.
- Prepare to carry out the maintenance procedure.
- Complete the maintenance task(s) on schedule.
- Assess the condition of the control system(s), or instruments and their components for continued service.
- Deal with fail
Maintain Coatings Process or Laboratory EquipmentReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of safety within routine maintenance procedures for coatings equipment
- Determine what maintenance tasks are priority and to be performed
- Prepare to conduct maintenance tasks
- Complete the maintenance task(s), on schedule
- Assess the condition of equipment and its components for continued service
- Deal with failing, or failed, equipment or components
- Finalise the maintenance tasks
- Complete maintenance records and reports
Maintain Stocks of Ancillary Resources for Coatings Processing or Related ActivitiesReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the basic principles of safety for the receipt, storage and handling of ancillary resources for coatings activities.
- Understand stocking procedures and policies for ancillary resources.
- Deal with damaged, deteriorated, redundant and unusable ancillary stock items.
- Maintain and administer stocks of ancillary resources.
- Deal with stock and delivery receipt discrepancies.
- Receive and secure all stock items.
- Issue / dispense, stock items.
- Ensure storage, working areas and equipment are clean and properly maintain
Managing Self DevelopmentReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own values, career and personal goals in relation to a work role and professional development
- Understand how to plan development effectively
- Understand how to monitor and evaluate development activities
Participate in Process Hand-OversReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why process hand-overs are necessary
- Adequately prepare the information to be handed over – outgoing person
- Conduct the hand-over procedure - outgoing person
- Conduct hand-over procedure - incoming relief person
Provide Coatings Technical Advice, Guidance and SupportReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the means through which needs for technical advice, guidance and support become apparent and are requested.
- Understand situations where technical advice, guidance and support can be provided.
- Acquire all contributory information for the required advice, guidance and support, in-hand.
- Analyse, evaluate and rank the information.
- Understand how to resolve problems identified during the evaluation process.
- Develop, record and deliver advice, guidance and support.
- Assess the results and benefits of giving technical advice, guidance and su
Set up Equipment for Processing and / or Manufacturing OperationsReal unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for setting up equipment for operations.
- Prepare for setting up equipment for operations.
- Select the correct equipment and ensure it is available.
- Determine the correct settings for the equipment and make adjustments
- Determine the correct settings for the equipment and adjust the settings accordingly.
- Ensure that the equipment monitoring and control systems are appropriate
- Ensure that the equipment monitoring and control systems are appropriate and operating correctly.
- Monitor equipment to
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- 18_Carry out sampling operations in a biomanufacturing environment
- Applying coatings by chemical conversion processes
- Applying industrial coatings by electrophoretic or autophoretic methods
- Applying physical or chemical vapour deposition processes
- Carry out complex sampling operations
- Carry out small scale coatings processing
- Carry out small scale processing
- Coatings – Materials Recycling and Waste Disposal
Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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One-to-one, on your own real work
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Built for GQA Level 3 Diploma in the Production of Coatings
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited.
- Carry Out Complex Sampling Operations Within A Processing / Manufacturing Environment
- Carry out small scale Coatings processing
- Coatings – Colour Match a Product
- Coatings – Conduct Process Control Tests
- Coatings – Package a Product _automated operations_
- Coatings – Process Materials _general_
and 13 more in the full unit list below.
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- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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