CPCCBC4026 - Arrange building applications and approvals
Nominal hours
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to prepare and submit building applications to appropriate authorities for approval and manage the submission through to its final approval. It includes communicating effectively with clients, building professionals and planning officers.
The unit of competency applies to builders, project managers and related construction industry professionals responsible for coordinating and managing the building approval process for residential and/or commercial projects.
This unit of competency is suitable for those using specialised knowledge to complete routine and non-routine tasks and using their own judgement to deal with predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems relating to building application approvals.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• develop a submission plan, which includes:
• stages and dates for submission of applications
• forms, documents and supporting evidence required to be submitted
• application fees, charges and costs.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• relevant government building legislation, codes and standards
• plans, specifications and contracts
• local authority building application processes:
• full approval
• staged approval
• development applications
• sustainability requirements
• fees and levies
• complaints and appeals
• documentation requirements of building approval submissions:
• design briefs
• specialist's reports
• working drawings, plans, details and specifications
• organisational quality assurance processes and practices:
• authorities and approval delegations
• document control
• specialist services for certification of documentation:
• building surveyors, quantity surveyors and site surveyors
• geotechnical and environmental specialists
• structural, mechanical and electrical engineers.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):