Content Rating System
From PDPA
In the spirit of elevating the craft of decorative painting the 2009 PDPA Board of Directors passed a content rating system for our industry. This system is designed to help provide a disclosure of what the content of a class, book, or video is before you purchase it. There is a training manual for this system coming soon. Call Andre Martinez for training on how to apply it to your programs or products.
Standard levels of Materials understanding and use
(These learning levels are in the context of materials usage and are not an indicator of skill level or level of difficulty)
- M1-know (general information)
- M2-Explore (hands on experience with the materials in their simplest form)
- M3-Intermix (Mixing and exploring hands on the physical attributes of each material ie. viscosity, working time, translucency etc.)
- M4-Translate (Creating products by intermixing materials in relation to client requests)
- M5-Modify (Introducing raw materials and observing reactions and well as altered final product)
- M6-Create (formulating unique materials combinations in relation to a finished technique)
Standards levels of Technique application
(These learning levels are indicators of the levels of difficulty in the application of techniques)
- T1-Copy (repeating techniques taught)
- T2-Relate (relating foundation techniques to refined techniques)
- T3-Customize (Altering techniques to fit client parameters)
- T4-Categorize (Full comprehension and ability to explain all techniques)
- T5-Intermix (the crossing of techniques to accomplish refined techniques)
- T6-Innovate (the creation of a new technique, * rarely recognized in ones lifetime)
Education learning levels and Performance standards
(These learning levels are in the context of building education programs or evaluating levels of knowledge, skill, and attitude)
- EP1 Know (the ability to recite)
- EP2 Understand (the ability to explain)
- EP3 Apply (the ability to do or in the act of doing)
- EP4-Apply at the highest proficiency (recognition from an instructor or known industry authority)
- EP5 Synthesize (in the process of deconstructing and reconstructing principles and history)
- EP6 Innovate (accomplishing something never done in history)
