SSPC Skills Training & Certifications
IUPAT District Council 17 offers:
SSPC C1 Fundamentals of Protective Coatings
SSPC C2 Planning and Specifying Industrial Coatings Projects
SSPC C3 Supervisor / Competent Person Training for DeLeading / Hazardous Coatings Removal On Industrial & Marine Structures
SSPC C5 = C3 Refresher
SSPC C7: Abrasive Blasting Program
SSPC C12: Airless Spray Application Certification
SSPC Coating Applicator Specialist (CAS) Level 2 Exam
SSPC Plural Component Application for Polyureas and High Solids Coatings
IUPAT DC 17 Plural Pump Training (Graco XP70 & Graco EXP2i Reactor) Level 1
SSPC Skills Training & Certifications – Course Descriptions
Length: 40 hours classroom with 100 question exam
Who should attend: in DC 17’s opinion, ALL Industrial Paint members should take C1 at some point.
Instructor: Finishing Trades and Third Party Instructors (FTI).
For more information: Email DC17 Training at training@dc17.ca or call 800.322.0694.
Length: 32 hours classroom with 100 question exam
Who should attend: supervisors involved in hazardous paint removal projects.
Instructor: Finishing Trades and Third Party Instructors (FTI)
For more information: Email DC17 Training at training@dc17.ca or call 800.322.0694.
Length: 8 hour classroom with 25 question exam
Who should attend: same as C3
Instructor:Finishing Trades and Third Party Instructors (FTI)
For more information: Email DC17 Training at training@dc17.ca or call 800.322.0694.
Length: written exam (half day) followed by blast & spray practical (an additional half day). Usually, everyone writes their CAS written on morning DAY 1, and then returns later that same week for CAS Blast & Spray Practical (generally runs the remainder of the same week)
Plural Pump Training Level 1 is an introductory course to this complicated gear. Members who complete Level 1 Pump training will not be experts, but will have demonstrated basic introductory theoretical knowledge and hands-on skillsets of Plural Spray Equipment including plural coating products, start-up, operation, basic troubleshooting and repair. This is a ‘pump course’, not a ‘spray course’.
Additional Levels (Level 2 & 3) on each pump (XP70 & Reactor) are being developed to advance further the skillsets on each machine. This Level 1 course will be a prerequisite for those courses.
Length: 3-4 days depending on number of instructors and students – classroom theory & hands-on w/ written exam and practical on both plural rigs
Who should attend: any member, regardless of experience, is welcome to attend this pump training.
Enrollment: limited to ~12 max (depending on the number of instructors)
For more information: Email DC17 Training at training@dc17.ca or call 800.322.0694
Industrial Skills Training
IUPAT District Council 17 offers:
Industrial Skills 101
Industrial Skills 102
Industrial Skills 103
Industrial Skills 104
Industrial Skills 105 & 106
Industrial Skills Training – Course Descriptions
- Union / Training Department Intro
- History
- Future
- AB CBA / SK CBA review
- Industry Partners
- Website
- Worker Rights & Employer Rights
- OHS Studies / Achieve safety rqts
- Basic Respirator Training
- Medical Clearances (on-line)
- Fit Tests
- Positive Attitude
- Follows Instructions & takes action
- On Line Courses to complete
- AB CSTS-09 / SK SCOT and R&R
- AB TDG / SK TDG
- WHMIS 2015
- Practice safe work habits & procedures
- Compressor
- Blast Gear – pot, hoses, etc.
- Operate Blast Pot (ex: adjust sand, attach hoses, check deflectors & rubbers, potman, signals)
- Basic Blasting to various standards (SP6, SP7, etc.) – VIS Standards
- Mixing (PDS, read & apply) + Prepping Task + Paint Mixing
- Manage own timecard – importance of accurate time allocation
- Work Order & Timesheet Exercise
- Complete basic safety paperwork (FLHA, FLRA, Toolbox, etc.)
- Types of Coatings
- Basic Zincs (e.g., Cathacoat 302HB)
- Basic Epoxy (e.g., Bar-Rust 235, Sherwin Williams MP 646)
- Basic Polyurethanes (e.g., Devthane 379)
- WFT, Notch Gage, % Solids, DFT, DFT Measurements
- Basic QC
- Basic Calculations (WFT à DFT)
- Basically: CAS 2703 [18] & CAS 2704 [62]
- Hood & Pot Maintenance
- NOVA, Bullard, etc, pieces and parts
- Improved Blast Skills à let. em blast (“blast unsupervised”)
- CAS 2100 – Intro to Industrial Coatings [33]
- Rigging, Scaffolding & Containment
- CAS 2200 – Intro to Corrosion Theory [41]
- CAS 2300 – Intro to Surface Prep [67]
- CAS 2301 – Ambient Conditions [24]
- CAS 2302 – Nozzle Blast Systems [135]
- CAS 2303 – Abrasives [76]
- CAS 2304 – Portable Wheel Blast Equipment [24]
- Revised LMS CAS’s all have end of unit test questions
- More Practicals – Blasting
- CAS 2400 – Intro to Spray [23]
- CAS 2401 – Mix & Thinning [38]
- CAS 2402 – Conventional Spray [30]
- CAS 2403 – Airless Spray [51]
- CAS 2404 – Air-Assisted Airless Spray Applications [16]
- CAS 2405 – Measuring & Monitoring Results / Inspection [13]
- CAS 2500 – Composition & Types [116]
- Revised LMS CAS’s all have end of unit test questions
- Virtual Practical
- Practical – Spray Panels