VU22463 - Produce preliminary and working drawings for commercial buildings

Unit code: VU22463 | Study level: TAFE

Credit points

N/A

Location

Sunshine

Werribee

Prerequisites

N/A

Overview

This unit specifies outcomes required to produce two and three-dimensional drawings in accordance with standard industry practice and to a level suitable for building permit approval applications. It includes the ability to read and interpret plans and specifications and to produce preliminary and working drawings for commercial buildings (Building Code of Australia (BCA) Classes 2 to 9).

No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication. However, this unit forms part of a minimum qualification requirement for registration with the Victorian Building Authority as a building designer (architectural).

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:

enable clear and direct communication, using questioning to identify and confirm client needs and share information with team members;
read and interpret: the BCA; plans and specifications; relevant legislation and Australian Standards; other relevant documentation and produce simple preliminary drawings;
use language and concepts appropriate to industry conventions;
use and interpret non-verbal communication;
work effectively with clients and other stakeholders;
negotiate individual work tasks with others;
problem solving skills to interpret information from plans, specifications and client brief;
planning and organising skills to produce working drawings within allocated time frame;
initiative and enterprise skills to achieve creative and innovative approaches in relevant drawing tasks;
produce drawings for commercial buildings;
apply calculation and measuring techniques;
use computer software to enable production of working drawings;
complete documentation and calculations, and;
work safely in a design drafting working environment according to organisational policies and procedures.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

drafting and drawing protocols;
industry conventions for the production of working drawings;
processes for the administration and preparation of documentation;
processes for the interpretation of reports, working drawings and specifications;
relevant federal or state legislation and local government policy and procedures, including occupational health and safety (OHS)/work health and safety (WHS) requirements;
research methods to locate relevant information;
structural, design and construction principles of buildings;
process for the consideration of a budget constraint, and;
functions and operation of computer software used to produce working drawings.

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.