Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to detail steelwork ancillary to, or separate from, the main structural elements, along with their connections in a steel framed building or industrial construction.
This unit applies to a structural steel detailer who has to detail ancillary structural steelwork including steelwork used in stairways, ladders, landings, platforms for personnel and machinery, and other ancillary steel structures. It may also apply to the detailing of stand-alone steel constructions that are not part of, or attached to, plant or buildings, and which do not require additional specialist knowledge.
Work is completed in accordance with the National Construction Code and AS 1657 Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders – Design, construction and installation.
Design information in this unit is the information provided to the detailer and fabricator by the architects and consulting engineers for a project. For some projects, the design information may only be provided by an engineer. The design information will usually be in the form of design drawings or sketches but may also be via material lists, written instructions or computer files.
Work may be performed individually on a contracting/project basis or as part of a project team in response to combinations of paper-based and digital instructions.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include:
• following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
• complying with requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment
• researching and obtaining relevant Australian standards, codes and regulations
• assessing design information for adequacy of information needed for structural steel detailing
• liaising with architects and engineers
• assessing scope of structural steel detailing tasks and priorities
• interpreting design drawings, sketches and schedules to determine dimensions, layouts, types and grades of materials
• producing detail drawings of ancillary steelwork on at least two occasions
• producing erection drawings for ancillary steelwork on at least two occasions
• communicating at all levels about technical issues related to patterns and specifications.
Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:
• safe work practices and procedures
• architectural and engineering design drawings including standard symbols, terms, abbreviations and sketches
• structural members used in steel construction
• ancillary steel work and structures
• difference between design and detail drawing processes
• drawing office procedures
• fabrication processes and procedures
• National Construction Code
• AS 1657, Fixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders – Design, construction and installation
• Australian steel structures limit state design code's (AS4 100, Steel structures) requirements in so far as they impact on steel detailing.

Assessment Conditions

• Assessors must:
• have vocational competency in detailing ancillary steelwork at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience
• satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires.
• Where possible, assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions that cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
• Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications.
• Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance.\nFoundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.'}

Prerequisite Units

• MEM09223
• MEM09229

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