Accredited Education & Training Australia

Structure

16 units: 13 core; 3 elective

Subjects

• Establish effective workplace relationships
• Prepare and evaluate tender documentation
• Arrange building applications and approvals
• Plan and undertake site inspection and assessment of asbestos products and materials
• Create and use databases
• Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
• Apply sustainable building design principles to water management systems
• Apply legal requirements to building and construction projects
• Promote team effectiveness
• Select, procure and store construction materials for low rise projects
• Plan building or construction work
• Administer a construction contract
• Identify and produce estimated costs for building and construction projects
• Resolve business disputes
• Read and interpret plans and specifications
• Produce simple word processed documents
• Minimise waste on the building and construction site
• Prepare specifications for all construction works
• Apply building codes and standards to the construction process for low rise building projects
• Manage occupational health and safety in the building and construction workplace
• Manage personal work priorities and professional development
• Prepare simple building sketches and drawings
• Apply site surveys and set-out procedures to building and construction projects
• Implement continuous improvement
• Arrange resources and prepare for the building or construction project
• Undertake small business planning
• Manage small business finances
• Select and prepare a construction contract
• Manage projects
• Apply structural principles to commercial low rise constructions
• Plan small business finances
• Plan, organise and facilitate learning in the workplace
• Apply risk management techniques
• Monitor and manage small business operations
• Conduct on-site supervision of building and construction projects
• Apply structural principles to residential low rise constructions
• Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business
• Supervise tilt-up work
• Produce labour and material schedules for ordering
• Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
• Create and use spreadsheets
• Apply quality management techniques
• Build thermally efficient and sustainable structures
• Write complex documents

Study Pathways

This qualification is suitable for an Australian Apprenticeship pathway.