This specialist unit standard is for people working in the coatings area of the painting and decorating sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the components of industrial surface coatings; the process by which industrial surface coatings dry and harden; the properties of industrial surface coatings; the reasons and the remedies for failure in industrial surface coatings attributed to component failure; and the reasons and the remedies for failure in industrial surface coatings attributed to substrate.