Introduction to SSPC CAS Program

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Introduction to SSPC CAS Program

• Presented by Anton Ruesing, IUPAT DC78 - Florida
  Finishing Trades Institute

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Learning Outcomes

• This webinar will discuss
• SSPC ACS-1/NACE No. 13
• SSPC CAS Transition Plan
• Levels of CAS Qualification and Certification
• CAS for SSPC-QP 1 Certified Contractors
• How to Get CAS Certified

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Introduction

• This webinar provides an overview of the
  education, training, experience, knowledge and
  skills required by an Application Specialist to
  prepare and apply protective coatings to steel
  surfaces of complex industrial structures in
  accordance with SSPC Application Certification
  Standard No. 1/NACE No.13

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SSPC ACS-1/NACE No. 13

• Applicator Certification Standard No. 1
  Industrial Coating and Lining Application
  Specialist Qualification and Certification
• Long overdue consensus standard to
  comprehensively assess recognize the skills of
  the industrial painter

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SSPC ACS-1 Scope

• Scope defines criteria for education, training,
  experience, knowledge and skills required for the
  professional industrial painter

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SSPC ACS-1 Application Specialist Defined

• An individual who engages in surface preparation
  and application of protective coatings and
  linings to steel surfaces of complex industrial
  structures

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SSPC ACS-1 Body of Knowledge

• A list of required areas of knowledge and skills
  contained within the standard
• The required level of competency and cognition,
  or understanding, for each area of knowledge and
  skill listed in the standard

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SSPC ACS-1 Training Qualification Levels

• Level I Basic knowledge of industrial coatings
  and linings
• Level II Detailed knowledge and skills of
  industrial coatings and linings
• Level III Supervisory knowledge and skills
  (Available in 2013)

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SSPC ACS-1 Level I Requirements

• Skills assessment math, reading, document use
• Literacy in language of the workplace (English in
  the U.S.)
• Successful completion of skills tests on standard
  Body of Knowledge

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SSPC ACS-1 Level II Requirements

• Successful completion of Level I requirements
• Qualify to take Level II exams through a
  combination of training hours and work experience
  
• Successful completion of Level II exams

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SSPC ACS-1 Level II Hours Training

• Three tracks to certification
• Three-year apprenticeship 3,000 related work
  experience with 450 min. coating tech. training
  OR
• Five years (5,000 hours) related work experience
  and 450 min. coating tech. training OR
• Eight years (8,000 hours) related work experience

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SSPC ACS-1 Level III Requirements

• Level III
• Level II plus
• Basic supervisory knowledge and skills
• Basic training knowledge and skills
• Basic communication knowledge

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SSPC ACS-1 Level III Hours and Training

• Qualification to Level II and min. five years
  related work experience OR
• Five years min. of verifiable work experience in
  inspection or supervision of coating-related work
  for complex industrial structures after
  completion of the requirements
• Successful completion of Level III examination

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SSPC ACS-1 Training Qualification Levels

• Specialty
• Level II plus
• Detailed knowledge and skills of specialty areas
  as identified in the standard

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SSPC CAS Program

• SSPC Coating Applicator Specialist (CAS)
• First professional certification program for the
  industrial painter in the USA
• Incorporates SSPC ACS-1 training design principles

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Why CAS?

• Sets the standard for a trained and qualified
  workforce
• Develops skilled workforce needed to apply
  sophisticated materials safely
• Defines the industrial painter as a profession to
  attract young workers to the trade

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SSPC Transition Plan2010-2020

• 10-yr. ramp-up to full implementation of ACS-1
• Gives industry adequate time to build training
  and certification infrastructure

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CAS Levels of Recognition

• Level I Qualification Trainee
• Level II Certification (Core area Transition
  Plan Body of Knowledge and grasp of fundamental
  blasting and painting skills)
• Level II Specialty Supplemental Programs
• Level III Level II Supervisory Skills

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CAS Level I Qualification

• For the painter in training who has knowledge of
  good painting practices
• Achieved through completion of skills assessments
  (reading, writing, and arithmetic basics)
• Pass written exam on elementary knowledge
• Customarily works with or under the supervision
  of a Level II or III Application Specialist

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Interim Status

• Provides owners who want to specify a ratio of
  certified craftworkers to trainees on a job ready
  pool of qualified, certified, painters

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CAS Level II-Interim Status

• Designed for craftworkers in current workforce
  who have the skills but lack the 450 formal
  training hrs required by ACS-1
• Provides the opportunity to achieve professional
  certification in the near term

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Level II Certification (Interim and Full Status)

• Defines requirements for the experienced
  industrial painter able to work independently
• May need traditional supervision but can prepare,
  start, stop, and clean-up without direction
  (synthesis articulation)
• Both currently available from SSPC
• Initial SSPC focus interim status

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Level II Interim-Requirements

• Minimum 150 hrs job-related classroom training
  2 yrs documented experience OR
• Minimum 3 yrs experience without classroom
  training
• Pass hands-on and written exams
• Must convert to full status after (2) 3yr terms

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Level III Certification

• Painters who have the skills to plan and oversee
  or supervise painters (evaluation
  naturalization)

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Level III Certification

• Requirements Level II 1000 hrs of related
  experience after Level II OR
• 1,500 hrs work experience (inspection,
  supervision, project management)
• Pass Level III written exam
• Available after 2013 when 1st CAS Level II
  interim terms expire

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How to Get CAS Certified

• Complete applications for each applicant
• Have a test site that meets SSPC CAS exam
  facility requirements
• Request an SSPC-approved proctor to give the
  certification exam

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CAS Credit for C-7 C-12

• SSPC will give credit to CAS Level II applicants
  with C-7 (Abrasive Blaster) and/or C-12 (Airless
  Sprayer) Certifications
• Must still meet experience requirements and pass
  CAS Level II written exam

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• CAS and QP-1

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CAS for SSPC-QP 1 Certified Contractors 2013

• Jan. 1, 2013 one (1) CAS Certified (Level
  II-Interim min.) craftworker on each QP 1
  contractors painting crew having 5 or more
  members performing blast cleaning and/or spray
  application (Atmospheric and Immersion Service)

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Crew Definition (Draft)

• CAS Level II certified person shall be on site
  during surface preparation and painting
  operations or be accessible to the work area
  within 10 minutes by foot or other form of
  transportation

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CAS for SSPC Certified Contractors 2014

• Introduction of crew ratios
• Jan. 1, 2014 one (1) CAS Certified (Level
  II-Interim min.) craftworker to three (3) non-CAS
  certified craft-workers (25) on each painting
  crew during blast cleaning and/or spray
  application (Atmospheric and Immersion Service)

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CAS for SSPC Certified Contractors 2016

• Introduction of crew ratios
• Jan. 1, 2016 two (2) CAS Certified (Level
  II-Interim min.) craftworker to two (2) non-CAS
  certified craft-workers (50) on each painting
  crew during blast cleaning and/or spray
  application (Atmospheric and Immersion Service)

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CAS for SSPC Certified Contractors 2018

• Introduction of crew ratios
• Jan. 1, 2018 three (3) CAS Certified (Level
  II-Interim min.) craftworker to one (1) non-CAS
  certified craft-workers (75) on each painting
  crew during blast cleaning and/or spray
  application (Atmospheric and Immersion Service)

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Tables of Action
Year Action Required
2012 -Prepare Implementation Plan by 31 March -SSPC will confirm adherence during annual audit -Reminder notice issued for not having plan or adhering to plan
2013 -One CAS (Level II Interim Certified) per crew of 5 or more performing blasting and/or spray painting
2014 -One CAS (Level II Interim) per 4 craftworkers performing blasting and/or spray painting
2015 Same as 2014
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Tables of Action
Year Action Required
2016 -2 CAS (Level II Interim) per 4 craftworkers performing blasting and/or spray painting
2017 Same as 2016
2018 -3 CAS (Level II Interim) per 4 craftworkers performing blasting and/or spray painting
2019 Same as 2018
2020 -3 CAS (Level II Full) per 4 craftworkers performing blasting and/or spray painting
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Eligible Coating Projects CAS for SSPC Certified
Contractors

• Defined as those projects where dry or wet
  abrasive blast cleaning and/or spray application
  is being performed on a steel structure in the
  field for the purpose of corrosion control and
  the contract value for coatings and surface
  preparation exceeds 50,000

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Learn More About SSPC CAS

• To learn more
• Visit http//www.sspc.org/Coating-Application-Spe
  cialist-CAS-Certification-Program/ or
• Call (USA) 1-877-281-7772, ext. 2221 outside
  USA (412/281-2331, ext. 2221 or
• Email merck_at_sspc.org or damiano_at_sspc.org

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Questions?