BGAS-CSWIP Painting Inspection - Grade 2

Suitable for:

Candidates with or without experience in the painting industry. Most candidates will go on to sit the BGAS-CSWIP Painting Inspector Grade 3 examination, although those with paint inspection/testing experience may sit Painting Inspector Grade 2.

Course Content:

Corrosion theory; surface preparation; paint formulation; paint systems; curing and drying; paint manufacture; application methods; paint/paint film testing; paint identification; inspection methods; specification requirements; health and safety; working practices.

Certification / Awarding Body:



Objectives:

• to recognise and identify the benefits/disadvantages of paint systems
• to understand methods of application and testing
• to understand paint system inspections
• to interpret requirements of standards
• to pass BGAS-CSWIP examination

Additional Information:

Candidates MUST bring:

• 2 passport sized photographs
• a valid eyesight certificate from a doctor or an optician showing satisfactory eyesight for near vision, permitting reading a minimum of Times Roman N4, or equivalent type and size letters, at not less than 300mm on a standard test chart for near vision, in at least one eye, corrected or uncorrected. Candidates for the painting inspector will be required to have had a colour perception assessment by the Ishihara 24 plate test or an equivalent.
• a completed application form and full examination fee

NOTE: Renewal can only be made within three months of the expiry date. Any application received after three months of the expiry cannot be considered and can only be renewed by re-examination.

Exam duration is half a day and must be added to the course duration of 5 days.

Fee does not include the exam fee.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

No formal entry qualifications required, but a knowledge of dry abrasive blast cleaning or industrial paint application techniques would be advantageous.