VU22014 - Prepare for work in the building and construction industry

Unit code: VU22014 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Footscray Nicholson

Industry

Sunshine

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit of competency describes the outcomes required to prepare to work in the building and construction industries. It requires the ability to determine opportunities and pathways, take responsibility for own workplace learning and skill development and apply for work in the building and construction industries. This unit supports learners to develop basic skills and knowledge to prepare them for the working environment in the building and construction industries.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and 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:

writing skills;
reading skills to interpret basic documents such as written instructions, basic research and resource information;
oral communication skills;
learning skills;
teamwork skills;
planning and organising skills, and;
technology skills.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

financial incentives that are available to apprentices and trainees;
personal learning styles;
relationship between roles within the building and construction industries;
industry and company specific policies and procedures regarding training and employment, and;
industry services, facilities and activities.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.