Form or decorate crafted ceramic items by adding materials

URN: CCSCRC05
Business Sectors (Suites): Craft,Craft (Ceramics)
Developed by: SDS
Approved on: 2014

Overview

This standard covers the skills and knowledge you need to produce ceramic and associated products by adding material (e.g. coiling, adding lattice or sprigging, ornamenting, slip trailing, tube lining). 

This standard is suitable for those who are self-employed, working for a sole practitioner or within a workshop or studio. 

The following should be considered when working in craft: 

 Safe working practices 

 Ethics and sustainability


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

You must be able to: 
 
P1 check that products and equipment meet the required standards before producing products by adding material 

P2 secure products as necessary before starting to add material 

P3 form and/or decorate products by material removal to the required standard 

P4 recognise any difficulties with producing products to the required quantity and quality and correct them, or report difficulties outside your control to the correct person 

P5 carry out your work to the required quality and output to meet deadlines 

P6 check that products you have formed and/or decorated meet the required standard 

P7 identify variations of formed and/or decorated products from the required standard and record them or report them to the correct person 


Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

​You must be able to:

K1 what checks should be carry out before starting to make products 

K2 the importance of checking products and materials before you start to form or decorate them 

K3 the differences in the ways in which you form and/or decorate simple and complex shapes by adding material? 

K4 different types of products produced by adding material 

K5 different techniques used to form and decorate products by adding material 

K6 what problems can occur as part of the porcess of decorating products by adding material


Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary

1 Simple shapes 

1.1 flatware 

2 Complex shapes 

2.1 curved/rounded or with awkward angles 


Links To Other NOS


External Links


Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2017

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Creative & Cultural Skills

Original URN

CCSCRC05

Relevant Occupations

Artistic and Literary Occupations, Ceramicist, Crafts, Creative Arts and Design

SOC Code


Keywords

ceramics; craft; adding; coiling; lattice; sprigging; ornamenting; slip trailing; tube lining;