Build up the skills you''ll need for your career with this comprehensive new textbook published in association with City & Guilds and covering the 7908 and 6708 Plastering qualifications at Levels 1 and 2.
Topic coverage includes areas such as internal plastering, applying external rendering, floor screed systems, mouldings and interior systems.
• Test yourself and prepare for assessment with end of chapter questions and practical scenarios.
• Build the skills you''ll need to use regularly in the workplace with the ''Improve your maths'' and ''Improve your English'' tasks.
• Get ready for the workplace with Industry Tips; Health and Safety reminders; and guidance on values and behaviours.
• Develop core skills with expert authors Mike Gashe and Kevin Byrne, who draw on their extensive teaching and industry experience.
Author(s): Michael Gashe, Kevin Byrne
Edition: 1
Publisher: Hodder Education
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: Vector PDF
Pages: 336
City: London, UK
Tags: House Renovation; Plastering
Cover
Book title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Picture credits
How to use this book
1 Principles of construction
Understand the construction industry
Understand construction information
Building substructure
Building superstructure
Interpret building information
Setting up and securing work areas
Communication
Sustainability
2 Health and safety in construction
Health and safety roles and responsibilities
Health and safety legislation
Construction site health and safety inductions
Accidents and emergencies
Fire safety
Safety signs and signals
Welfare at work
First aid
3 Internal plastering and fixing dry lining
Tools and equipment
Prepare the background for plastering
Prepare to fix plasterboard
Fix plasterboard by direct bond
Prepare loose plastering materials for mixing
Apply plastering systems
4 Applying external plain rendering
What is external rendering?
Interpret information
Select materials, tools and equipment
Apply render to external backgrounds
5 Floor screed systems
Interpret information
Select materials and components
Types of screeded floor
Lay sand and cement screeds
6 Producing, fixing and finishing plain plaster mouldings to match existing
Fibrous plaster mouldings
Select materials, components and equipment
Plaster reverse moulds
Cast from a reverse mould
Fix and finish plaster mouldings
7 Metal frame systems
Benefits of using metal frame systems
Information sources for using metal frame systems
Set out metal frame systems
Metal stud partitions
Metal wall lining systems
Metal furring ceiling systems
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