PF306 Art preparation and clean up facilities

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Criterion PF306 Guidance

Criterion PF306

There are hygienic facilities (other than those used for bodywash) or alternative arrangements available for the preparation and cleaning up of paint and other art materials.

Guidance

How to show you are complying

You must provide facilities to prepare and clean up paint and other art materials.

There are several ways to provide this, however it is preferable that the art preparation and clean-up facility is a separate plumbed-in sink or tub unit that is used exclusively for this purpose. Due to the risk of cross-contamination from body waste, body-wash facilities must not be used for art preparation and clean-up.

If a dedicated art sink is not possible, you will need to have an acceptable alternative system.

Alternative systems may include:

using one or more buckets to wash materials, and disposing of the wastewater in the cleaner’s sink or down an outside gully trap
placing an insert into a sink facility used for another purpose to prevent art materials from coming into contact with any cleaning waste or chemical residues, and/or to prevent paint or wastewater from coming into contact with the sink.

Robust cleaning and sanitising procedures are needed to ensure that facilities such as cleaner’s sinks, laundry tubs and benches are thoroughly cleaned and sanitised before and after being used for art preparation and clean up.

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How we assess compliance

When assessing whether you comply with PF306

Questions we are likely to ask

Where do you prepare art materials such as paint and clean up afterwards?

We are likely to look at, measure or count

Where you prepare and clean up art materials.

We are likely to request

No documentation is required.

Why this is important

A dedicated preparation and clean-up facility reduces the risk of transferring harmful substances and prevents infection by avoiding shared use with facilities for washing laundry, bodies, or hands.