CPCCBC5010 - Manage construction work

Unit code:CPCCBC5010Study level:TAFE

Nominal hours

150

Location

Sunshine

Prerequisites

(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)

Overview

This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to manage on-site work for building and construction projects to meet commercial contractual obligations. It includes establishing effective communication processes, managing risks and work health and safety (WHS), managing processes for ordering materials and installing equipment, as well as management of on-site operations.
It applies to National Construction Code (NCC) classifications:

Residential - Class 1 and 10 buildings, maximum three storeys
Commercial - Class 2 to 9, Type B and C.

This unit of competency applies to builders, related construction industry professionals and senior managers within building and construction firms responsible for monitoring and measuring actions and coping with contingencies to meet scheduled timeframes on medium-rise construction work and/or commercial building projects.

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, incl 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:
* interpret project material specifications in design documentation and procure quality, compliant materials, products and components
* manage at least one variation to the contract
* manage project financials, with timely payments for completed work
* manage on-site safety, personnel and resources to achieve project outcomes.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* work health and safety (WHS) Acts and regulation
* on-site safety:
* hierarchy of control
* duty of care
* hazardous manual handling
* risk assessment
* rehabilitation and return to work requirements
* environmental management requirements and sustainability principles
* construction methodologies:
* planned methods of construction
* construction constraints
* risks and opportunities
* temporary and permanent works and services
* electrical cabling
* plumbing and gas piping systems
* temporary lighting and power outlets
* wastewater disposal systems
* fire suppression systems
* government codes, standards and regulations
* the National Construction Code (NCC)
* Australian Business Licence and Information Service (ABLIS)
* organisational quality management processes and procedures:
* building and construction industry contracts
* managing expenditure
* communicating with regulatory authorities to ensure compliance with their requirements
* allocation and management of human resources:
* dispute resolution
* selection and hiring physical resources:
* relevant licensing arrangements
* lifting equipment
* on-site communication:
* emails
* face-to-face verbal communication
* mobile and fixed telephone contact
* site diaries
* written reports and memoranda
* properties, characteristics and limitations of approved materials:
* concrete and pre-formed concrete
* raw construction materials, such as sand, aggregate, timber and cement
* sarking, insulation, air conditioning ducting and roofing
* production of materials and prefabrication of products off site.

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.