TAFE South Australia (TAFE SA)

Structure

15 units: 8 core; 7 elective

Subjects

• Prepare and evaluate tender documentation
• 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
• Promote team effectiveness
• Prepare design brief for construction works
• Select, procure and store construction materials for low rise projects
• 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 personal work priorities and professional development
• Prepare simple building sketches and drawings
• Implement continuous improvement
• Arrange resources and prepare for the building or construction project
• Select and prepare a construction contract
• Apply structural principles to commercial low rise constructions
• Apply risk management techniques
• Apply structural principles to residential low rise constructions
• Produce labour and material schedules for ordering
• Deliver and monitor a service to customers
• Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
• Create and use spreadsheets
• Contribute to the implementation of strategies to control OHS risk
• Apply quality management techniques
• Build thermally efficient and sustainable structures
• Write complex documents

Study Pathways

Not applicable.