Intumescent Coater Employment Contract UK

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

• Match each steel member to the approved coating and thickness schedule.
• Verify surface preparation and primer identity and condition before coating.
• Check temperature, humidity, dew point and material conditions.
• Mix and apply the specified intumescent within product limitations.
• Measure wet film during application and dry film after curing.
• Identify, repair and document low, damaged or contaminated areas.

A realistic working scenario

The coating schedule does not match a fabricated member and the calculated thickness is unclear. The coater holds that member and obtains a corrected schedule rather than applying a convenient thickness.

Outputs to agree

• continuous intumescent protection
• specified dry-film thickness by member
• repaired and accepted damaged areas

Records and evidence

• Member and thickness schedule.
• Surface and primer acceptance.
• Environmental and batch data.
• Wet and dry film readings.
• Work records.
• Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

• The coater may apply the scheduled tested system. Thickness selection, primer or topcoat substitution and release of deficient areas require fire-protection design or inspection approval.
• Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

• Site records.
• Project systems.
• Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

• Construction sites, project offices, client sites and approved work locations.

Training and certification

• Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

• system-specific training
• member traceability
• environmental conditions
• film-thickness evidence

Information the employer should prepare

• the intumescent systems, steelwork and fire periods covered
• the sites, travel, shifts and access expectations
• the system, spraying and film-measurement competence required
• the spray equipment, gauges, PPE and environmental instruments provided
• the member, batch, condition and thickness records required
• the authority for primer, topcoat, thickness and repair decisions