Provide advice and guidance on materials used

URN: PROFFI02
Business Sectors (Suites): Fitted Furniture Installation
Developed by: Proskills
Approved on: 2015

Overview

This standard covers the skills and knowledge required to be able to understand products and materials used in your organisations and provide information and guidance to customers.

Customers can be internal or external to the organisation.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. advise customers on the products and materials your company sells and uses
  2. use appropriate questioning techniques to get information from customers
  3. advise customers on suitable uses for the different products
  4. explain limitations of products and materials
    to customers following standard operating procedures
  5. provide technical information on products and
    materials to customers following standard operating procedures

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. standard operating procedures and how to apply these
  2. importance of products and materials knowledge
  3. different uses of materials used within your organisation
  4. properties and characteristics of products and materials used within your organisation
  5. processes used to produce raw  materials
  6. methods of improving performance of products and materials
  7. where raw materials are sourced
  8. statutory and legal requirements for materials and combinations of materials used within your organisation
  9. performance requirements of products and materials
  10. storage requirements for raw materials
  11. disposal and recycling routes for products and materials

Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS


External Links


Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2020

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Proskills

Original URN

PROFFI02

Relevant Occupations

Carpenter and Joiner, Furniture Makers and Other Craft Woodworkers, Paper and Wood Machine Operatives

SOC Code

5315, 5442, 8121

Keywords

Materials, product; properties; characteristics;