Application

This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to monitor construction work and provide advice to clients on meeting compliance requirements for construction work on both new and existing buildings of all classes as defined in the National Construction Code (NCC) up to three storeys. It involves arranging and conducting site visits during construction.
This unit is suitable for building surveyors who draw on their broad theoretical knowledge and technical skills to provide consultancy services during the construction phase of a project and who assist in finding solutions to problems, including construction faults and compliance issues.
This unit forms part of the licensing requirements for building surveying in some states and territories. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to clarify these requirements.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

To demonstrate competency, a candidate must meet the elements and performance criteria of this unit by monitoring and advising on construction and compliance upgrade work for three projects involving buildings up to three storeys in the following Classes as defined by the National Construction Code (NCC):
• one project incorporating a Class 1 building
• two projects selected from:
• a project incorporating buildings in Class 5 or Class 6
• a project incorporating buildings in Class 2 or Class 3 or Class 9c
• a project incorporating buildings in Class 7 or Class 8.
For each project, the person must:
• develop and evaluate two options for rectifying a construction fault
• provide solutions for two different construction problems.

Knowledge Evidence

To be competent in this unit, a candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
• legislative and regulatory compliance requirements for critical stage inspections relating to buildings at the site preparation, foundations and footings and framing stages of construction in different climate zones and geographic locations:
• building control legislation and regulations
• NCC including referenced Australian Standards to meet deemed-to-satisfy provisions and/or performance solutions
• NCC classifications and definitions for all Classes of buildings
• regulatory constraints that govern the relationship between the advisory and statutory roles of building surveyors
• workplace requirements for monitoring and advising on construction and compliance upgrade work on buildings:
• equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE)
• file management
• reporting
• work health and safety (WHS) associated with site inspections.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must meet the requirements for assessors contained in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations.
Assessors must also:
• be licensed as a Building Surveyor Level 1 (or equivalent) or Level 2 (or equivalent) in their state or territory, or
• demonstrate current membership of a relevant industry association and have current registration on the National Building Professionals Register in the Building Industry Control category (level 1), or
• be accredited under the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS) National Accreditation Scheme at Building Surveyor level or be accredited by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors as a building certifier.
Assessment must be conducted in the workplace or a simulated workplace using realistic conditions, materials, activities, responsibilities, procedures, safety requirements and environmental considerations.
Candidates must have access to buildings, equipment, software, drawings, documentation and materials required to achieve the performance evidence.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'As well as the foundation skills explicit in the performance criteria of this unit, candidates require:\n• numeracy skills to interpret ratios, rates and proportions when examining drawings and documentation.'}

Prerequisite Units

• CPCCBS6101
• CPCCBS6102

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