Practical Demonstration Checklist

Your trainer may ask you to keep a log book or diary of the work you do on-the-job that relates to the practical components of this unit. This will help them to determine when you've had sufficient hands-on practice in these tasks to undertake the assessment events.

When you're ready to be assessed, your assessor will ask you to complete a range of practical demonstrations, including:

• installations of lay flat vinyl in several connecting rooms - including pattern matching at seams and cross joins - using free-hand, template and scribing methods
  
  
• installations of lay flat vinyl in a single room with a link up - including pattern matching at seams and cross joins - using free-hand, template and scribing methods.

The types of floor covering you may use include:

• encapsulated glass fibre
  
  
• inlaid vinyl
  
  
• rotogravure vinyl.
  
  

As part of the demonstrations, you will be asked to use of the following tools:

• utility knife, spatula knife and wall trimmer
  
  
• straight edge, square, chalk and chalk-line, tape measure, scribing bar and dividers
  
  
• hammer, rubber mallet and hacksaw
  
  
• roller and paint brush
  
  
• notched trowel
  
  
• trolley.
  
  

In addition to assessing your ability to physically install lay flat vinyl, your assessor will also be checking that you can:

• follow all work, health and safety requirements and environmental care procedures
  
  

Make sure you talk to your trainer or supervisor about any of the details you don't understand, or aren't ready to demonstrate, before the assessment events are organised. This will give you time to get the hang of the tasks you'll need to perform, so that you'll feel more confident when the time comes to be assessed.