Application

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to estimate materials, overheads, labour and time requirements and establish costs for the provision of products and services for construction work.
The unit supports tradespersons and those in independent construction job roles to cost a construction project or part of a construction project. It applies to construction work on residential and commercial sites.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory, or certification requirements apply to this unit of competency at the time of endorsement.

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. The person must also cost three different construction jobs, where the costing includes:
• estimating quantities of material required
• determining the types and amount of labour required to complete the work
• estimating time required to complete the work
• estimating overheads associated with the work
• totalling all costs and applying profit margin to establish a client quote.
In doing the above work, the person must:
• locate, interpret and apply information, standards and specifications relevant to estimating and costing work
• calculate final cost for the work and prepare a written quotation for each of the work requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:
• accuracy and detail required in costing estimates for construction work
• construction terminology used in plans and specifications for construction work
• contents and impact of job safety analyses (JSA) and safe work method statements (SWMS) on costing construction work
• environmental and sustainability requirements relevant to the costing being determined
• procedures for applying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to costings
• procedures for determining wages and overhead costs relevant to a quotation for construction work
• international system of units (SI) of measurements relevant to the construction industry
• process of estimating and costing construction work
• quality requirements of construction projects and their impact on time required for completion
• relevant statutory and authority requirements related to estimating and costing construction work
• sources of information on material requirements and processes for calculating them
• standards applicable to the work being costed, such as Australian standards and those in the National Construction Code
• terms and content of relevant contract documentation to inform estimate.

Assessment Conditions

Suitable assessment of performance requires:
• equipment:
• calculator
• computer with internet access
• specifications:
• plans and specifications for the work to be undertaken
• costing information
• relationship with client:
• consultation with client is required.
Assessor requirements
As a minimum, assessors must satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) current at the time of assessment.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Learning skills to:', 'description': 'draw on experience of estimating labour time requirements and material costs, and apply knowledge to new jobs to be costed.'}
• {'skill': 'Oral communication skills to:', 'description': 'confirm requirements with customer; use listening and questioning to clarify any issues.'}
• {'skill': 'Reading skills to:', 'description': 'read and interpret material specifications, job safety analyses (JSA) and Australian standards relevant to work to be undertaken.'}
• {'skill': 'Writing skills to:', 'description': 'produce accurate and legible written costing information.'}
• {'skill': 'Technology skills to:', 'description': 'find and interpret information relevant to current costings for materials and labour using simple internet searches; use estimating and costing templates and software.'}

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