Timber treatment building repairs

Duration

5 days of 6 learning hours

If e-learning only, the duration is to be at least 50% of this.

Purpose/scope

The purpose of this standard is to provide the delegate with the knowledge and skills to support the following:

Scope:

• interpreting information
• deploying signage and barriers
• preparing
• identifying services
• repairing and renewing floor-boards
• repairing and renewing decayed joist end(s) and wall plate(s)
• removing existing timber floor(s)
• laying suspended timber floor(s)
• repairing timber stud partition(s)
• replacing decayed timber lintels and trimmers
• installing sub floor air vent(s)
• safe disposal of waste

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational group(s):

• operative and craft

Delegates pre-requisites

There are no delegate pre-requisites as part of this standard.

Instruction/ supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

• an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
• successfully completed training to this standard
• at least 2 years relevant industrial experience
• a verifiable CV

Delivery

Delivery may be in an on or off the job environment.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for delegates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.

The class size and delegate/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable delegates to achieve the learning outcomes.

The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:

• classroom
• a blend of classroom and e-learning
• a blend of classroom and remote

This standard is considered to contain 51% or more practical training.

This standard is considered to be set at a basic level.

Assessment

Methods of assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard are:

For the successful completion of training, the trainer must be satisfied that the delegate has achieved all learning outcomes.

Quality assurance

Assured

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Renewal

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.

Classification

Lifetime (Please note standards using this classification will only be grant aided once per delegate) 

Approval date

March 2022

Review cycle

On request or 3 years from approval date.

Learning outcomes

The delegate will be able to:

• interpret plans, sketches and written instructions
  
  
• describe the importance of deploying warning notices and barriers
  
  
• describe how to prepare the work and what precautions to take
  
  
• explain how to provide temporary support for floors, partitions, stairs, hearths
  
  
• explain the importance of identifying services and the reasons for protecting, isolating or avoiding to include:
  • gas
  • water
  • electric
  • media cables
    
    
• repair and renew floor-boards to include:
  • mechanical testing to ascertain structural integrity
  • lifting existing floorboards without causing unnecessary damage
  • cutting and fitting floorboards to length
  • safely securing floor-boards to joists
    
    
• repair and renew decayed joist ends and wall plates to include:
  • lifting and removing floorboards and ceiling sections to form working access
  • repairing or constructing sleeper walls, brick piers and forming footings
  • cutting back decayed joist ends and bolting on new joist ends
  • cutting back decayed joist end and fixing prefabricated joist in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions
  • forming recesses in walls for joist ends, lintels, carrier beams, RSJ’s or alternative support methods
  • lift and support floors to enable installation of DPC materials
    
    
• explain the importance of isolating timber from direct contact with damp or potentially damp masonry
  
  
• describe how to fix other methods of joist end support to include:
  • angle iron
  • RSJs
  • concrete lintels
    
    
• remove existing timber floors and lay suspended timber floors to include:
  • lifting and removing floorboards and ceiling sections to form working access
  • cleaning of existing sub floor ventilation
  • installing sub floor ventilation
  • installing new wall plates
  • laying joists and fixing to plates
  • laying and securing floorboards with correct clamping methods
    
    
• explain how to protect from damp and level wall plates
  
  
• tighten floorboards to include:
  • floor clamps
  • closing wedges
  • other clamp methods
    
    
• repair timber stud partitions to include:
  • cutting out decayed or infested sections
  • installing and securing replacement timber stud sections
  • fixing plasterboard to the repaired section
    
    
• explain why it is important to establish partition walls that are load bearing
  
  
• describe why temporary support may be required
  
  
• fix and secure timber stud sections
  
  
• replace decayed timber lintels to include:
  • providing temporary support and bracing openings
  • assessing lifting requirements (people or mechanical aids)
  • extracting and disposing of decayed lintels
  • installing lintels with correct positioning, bedding in and packing
  • removing temporary supports and bracing
    
    
• describe why it is important to identify other trades or activities in the building prior to commencing the work
  
  
• explain the importance of ensuring bearing surfaces are suitable
  
  
• replace decayed timber floor trimmers spanning a bay to include:
  • installing and removing temporary shoring beneath a floor and through to oversite
  • dismantling bay floors supported by trimmers
  • exposing decayed trimmer from above and below
  • preparing pad stones to support replacement trimmer
  • installing replacement trimmers
  • reconstruct floor securing joist strap hangers to replacement strimmers
  • reinstating floorboards
  • preparing ceiling for plasterboard, complying with fire regulations
    
    
• describe why temporary support may be required
  
  
• explain why the positioning of air vents is important
  
  
• remove and replace air vents as appropriate
  
  
• describe how to identify, segregate and store different waste types and the importance of safe disposal