Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

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Johnstone’s are members of the RIBA CPD Providers Network. We have a variety of approved seminars available for architects and specifiers.

Understanding Colour:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of how colour is seen and how it has a great impact on our lives. It covers the following subject areas:

•  Science of colour
•  How we see colour
•  Colour psychology
•  Colour in life
•  Communicating colour
•  Colour in practice
•  Case studies

Decorative Fire Protection for Internal Linings:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of the need for flame retardant coatings to protect walls and ceilings in public buildings and covers the following subject areas:

•  The importance of flame retardant paints
•  The need for flame retardant paints
•  How fire is created
•  How normal paint reacts to fire
•  How flame retardant paints react to fire
•  How intumescents react to fire
•  How products are fire tested
•  Case studies

Extending Maintenance Cycle Through Paint:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of the importance of maintenance painting and extending life cycles and covers the following subject areas:

•  Is maintenance painting necessary
•  When is it suitable for painting to be carried out
•  Problems encountered and reasons for them
•  How conventional alkyd paint systems react to problems
•  Remedial treatments and what they need to provide
•  How do we achieve this
•  How do we know it will work
•  Can paint alone provide extended life expectancy
•  Masonry coatings – what part do they play
•  Who can bring about change

Identifying & Specifying Paint Treatments For Metal Substrates:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of different metal substrates and their coatings (including powder coating and plastisol) and recommend suitable decorative paint systems. It covers the following subject areas:

•  Be able to identify different metal substrates and their coatings
•  Understand common causes of breakdown
•  Determine methods of preparation
•  Select most suitable decorative paint systems

The Decoration Of Floor Surfaces:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of the different types of floor substrate and be able to recommend appropriate paint systems. It covers the following subject areas:

•  Is there a need to paint floors?
•  Be able to identify different floor substrates
•  Common causes of breakdown
•  Methods of preparation
•  Appropriate paint systems

Anti Bacterial Coatings for Internal Surfaces:

This seminar aims to provide an understanding of how anti bacterial coatings can help in the fight against infections caused by harmful bacteria.  It covers the following subject areas:

•  Understand the effects of some harmful bacteria
•  Why it is important to control/reduce the spread of bacteria?
•  What different coatings options are available?
•  Understand how anti bacterial coatings work
•  How do we know that anti bacterial coatings do work?

This seminar is also available as online CPD. Visit www.ribaonlinecpd.com

If you would like to request a CPD seminar for your practice, please us forward your company name and address details to specifiers.acuk@ppg.com

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