Name of Candidate
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Qualification
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Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building)
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Registered Training Organisation
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Transformed Pty Ltd
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Company Name (if applicable)
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Instructions to candidate
Submit your responses to the following assessment tasks/activities. Please answer in your own words, and provide only documents which you have prepared yourself.
Note: Where you include documents that contain the details of actual projects, tenders, clients or other people or organisations, remove or black out any information on these documents which might be personal, proprietary or commercial-in-confidence.
Instructions to assessor
This form is used to record whether a candidate has satisfactorily completed each work-based activity. Please tick the box in the appropriate column on the right. The candidate's responses to the work-based activities should be assessed against the model answers in the Assessor’s Guide for this qualification.
Legend: S = Satisfactory NYS = Not Yet Satisfactory
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CORE UNITS – PLEASE COMPLETE ALL ASSESSMENT TASKS FOR ALL UNITS
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CPCCBC4001A Apply building codes and standards to the construction process for low rise residential projects
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Complete the table in
Annex B: Assessment Task 1 – Building classifications
on page 41 by classifying each listed building according to the Building Code of Australia.
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Complete the table in
Annex C: Assessment Task 2 – Australian Standards
on page 42 by identifying and summarising the Australian Standards that apply to the listed building and construction activities.
Use the BCA, your knowledge of Australian Standards and internet research, as required.
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Identify a low-rise building project that you are familiar with. Complete the compliance documentation that is required under the BCA for this project. Submit the plans and the compliance documentation as part of your assessment portfolio.
The documentation you submit must identify all of the following:
1. The relevant performance requirements from the BCA, including relevant DTS provisions.
2. Relevant Australian Standards.
3. The nature of the building, as determined by its use and arrangement.
4. The BCA classification/s of the building and the criteria used to arrive at this classification/s.
5. Recommended construction methods and performance-based solutions that comply with BCA performance requirements, and the criteria used to select these.
6. Any particular design or construction problems and the BCA-compliant alternative solutions proposed to resolve them.
7. The assessment methods that could be used to determine whether the building solution complies with requirements.
8. Passive and active fire control elements required under the BCA and other legislation.
9. The level of fire resistance required for the particular building.
10. A description of the passive and active fire protection in any existing buildings, based on an inspection of those buildings.
11. The organisational quality procedures and processes that you would need to comply with when completing this project.
Note: If an element listed above is not clearly identified in the project compliance documentation, then you should prepare a supplementary document that summarises this information.
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Provide copies of correspondence you have prepared relating to a low-rise project. Your correspondence needs to demonstrate how you have communicated clearly and effectively with the client and other stakeholders. It should specifically demonstrate that you have:
· Asked questions to identify and clarify the client’s requirements.
· Shared information with the client.
· Listened/paid attention to the client and understood their meaning and requirements.
· Proposed and discussed alternative solutions to particular requirements or problems.
Note: This correspondence could include emails, letters, memos, schedules, reports, forms or any other type of written document prepared and provided to colleagues and/or the client.
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CPCCBC4002A Manage occupational health and safety in the building & construction workplace
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Inspect and complete a hazard and risk assessment for a building and construction worksite that you have access to. Document your findings in a WHS risk management plan, using your company’s usual or required templates and formats.
Your WHS hazard and risk management plan should include at least the following information:
1. A summary of the method used to inspect the site for WHS compliance and likely hazards and risks, including reference to organisational quality procedures and processes.
2. Identification of areas of potential risk in the workplace, based on the range of occupations to work at the site and construction site hazards and potential risk areas.
3. A prioritised list of key hazards/risks.
4. Identification of faults and problems that impact on WHS outcomes at the site, and proposed actions to rectify these faults/problems.
5. Recommended risk controls for all priority risks, including things like safe work method statements and site safety plans.
6. A summary of consultation with relevant stakeholders, including interviews with workplace personnel and advice sought from WHS experts.
7. A summary of the relevant national and State/Territory WHS legislation, standards, codes and other regulatory documentation relevant to the identified risks and workplace.
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Develop a short plan for communicating WHS policy and practice at a worksite. Prepare your plan using your company’s usual or required templates and formats for this kind of report.
Your plan should include at least the following information:
1. Strategies for communicating WHS policy and practices at the site. These should comply with organisational quality processes and procedures.
2. At least one educational program for workers at the site that meets statutory requirements and construction industry best practice.
3. A summary of consultation with and input from stakeholders and key personnel.
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Implement planned WHS control measures at a worksite, and monitor and review the effectiveness of these measures over a period of at least one month. Provide documentation that demonstrates how you have gone about doing this, which should include:
1. A completed/maintained risk register or risk log.
2. Minutes/records of meetings held as part of WHS management activities, such as meetings with stakeholders including relevant workplace personnel.
3. Details of any disputes or conflicts that resulted from the WHS implementation activity and how these were resolved.
4. A review/audit report that documents the effectiveness of:
◦ The implemented WHS risk management controls.
◦ WHS communication and education programs at the site.
◦ Compliance with both mandated WHS requirements and organisational quality processes and procedures.
◦ Faults and problems impacting on the effectiveness of WHS activities.
◦ Recommendations for improving WHS compliance and outcomes.
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CPCCBC4003A Select and prepare a construction contract
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Select and prepare a construction contract for the project shown in
Annex D: Assessment Task 6 – Contract preparation
on page 44. Assume that the client is an individual who is building the house to live in and that standard building materials are used for all aspects of the construction.
Ensure that your contract meets all of the following:
1. Uses an appropriate form of contract for the building work and client. Use of a standard form contract is fine, as long as it is appropriate.
2. Contains appropriate clauses and conditions that are legally valid and fair, including clauses relating to breaches of contract and contract termination.
3. Confirmation of the parties to the contract and their capacity to form an agreement.
4. Correctly calculated rise and fall amounts, as required.
5. An appropriate schedule of progress payments.
6. Appropriate processes for applying for extensions of time.
7. All other project documents that collectively make up the contract, e.g. specification and plans.
If not indicated in the contract itself, add supplementary evidence that shows:
1. Any expert advice you sought and received when preparing the contract.
2. Any other personnel you consulted.
3. Any potential problems with the contract and how you resolved them.
4. Relevant organisation processes and legal requirements that you complied with.
Note: This supplementary evidence could include a detailed description of the elements required, or copies of correspondence, notes, forms or other written documents that demonstrate your actions. For example, you could include copies of emails in which you ask for advice about the contract and receive an answer from an appropriate expert or a colleague in your organisation.
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Analyse a construction contract you have access to. Then answer the following questions:
1. Briefly, what is the contract for?
2. What type of contract is it – i.e. standard form contract or a custom contract?
3. What are the rights and liabilities of both parties under this contract?
4. What other documents/attachments or schedules are referenced in the contract?
5. What legal requirements apply to this contract? For example, what legislation is it formed under? Does it need to be registered? Witnessed?
6. How do both parties go about accepting the contract?
7. What kinds of actions would be considered a breach of this contract? (Give several examples.)
8. How can this contract be terminated?
9. How can the builder apply for an extension of time under this contract?
10. What are the payment arrangements? For example:
a. Is payment made as a lump sum by milestone or by some other mechanism?
b. What evidence is required to substantiate a claim for payment under this contract?
c. What rise and fall amounts are included in the contract?
Note: Include a copy of the contract in your assessment portfolio so that your assessor can review your answers easily.
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Provide copies of correspondence you have prepared while preparing and negotiating the contract for a building and construction project. Your correspondence needs to demonstrate how you have communicated clearly and effectively with the client and other stakeholders. It should specifically demonstrate that you have:
1. Communicated in a variety of ways, including by phone, email and letter with a range of stakeholders including others in your organisation, external experts, clients and subcontractors.
2. Responded in detail to queries about the finer points of the contract.
3. Considered each of the following:
a. The legal relationship between the building organisation and the client.
b. Each party’s intention to form an agreement.
c. Requirements associated with making and accepting an offer.
d. Legal capacity of both parties to form a binding agreement.
e. Both party’s consent to the contract.
4. Successfully negotiated terms, conditions or inclusions with the contract.
5. Complied with your organisation’s accepted processes for preparation and approval of a building and construction project contract.
Note: This correspondence could include emails, letters, schedules, memos, reports, forms or any other type of written document prepared and provided to colleagues and/or the client.
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CPCCBC4004A Identify and produce estimated costs for building & construction projects
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Select a project with which you are familiar and for which you can obtain all the plans, drawings and other project documentation. Produce full estimated costs for this project, including estimates and details of:
1. Labour requirements and costs.
2. Physical resource requirements and costs, including materials, plant and equipment and any other necessary physical resources.
3. Costs for legal compliance, such as WorkCover, environmental protection, approvals and waste management fees.
4. Company overheads and margins.
Also include the following with your estimates:
· Show your workings, including calculations of levels, heights, gradients, measurements, quantities and volumes, and unit rates.
· Describe at least 2 issues you encountered when preparing the estimates and explain how you resolved them.
· Include copies of the project documentation in your portfolio so that the assessor can assess the accuracy of your calculations.
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CPCCBC4005A Produce labour and material schedules for ordering
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Produce the following for a medium rise construction project with which you are familiar and for which you can obtain all the plans, drawings and other project documentation:
1. All necessary labour and materials schedules.
2. A call forward sheet for use by the site manager.
3. A site file of all the necessary documentation.
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Analyse the end of project financial reports for a medium rise construction project. Develop a short report of up to 5 pages that discusses the following:
1. The overall profitability of the project.
2. Any significant cost overruns and what caused them.
3. An analysis of the reliability of the original estimates and original quotation.
4. Recommendations for similar projects in the future.
5. Recommendations for changes to the standard unit costs used for estimating within your building organisation, based on the actual versus estimated costs of this project.
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Select 5 different building materials – 3 commonly used materials and 2 new materials which have become available within the last 6-12 months. For each selected material, investigate and briefly describe in writing each of the following characteristics:
· Strength
· Hardness
· Susceptibility to vibration
· Flexibility
· Resistance and responsiveness to atmospheric conditions
· Durability
· Weight
· Required fire resistance rating
· Safety, including safe handling and storage requirements on site
· Testing procedures or requirements.
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Review the delivery, storage and work practices relating to materials handling on the site of a low‑rise building project. Write a short report of up to 5 pages that summarises your findings, including at least all of the following:
1. The processes and criteria used to select suitable materials for the particular application.
2. The processes used at the site for inspection and testing of materials upon delivery, during storage and before installation.
3. The processes followed when materials are damaged during installation, and how workers at the site are informed about what to do in this situation
4. Any accidents or incidents that have occurred at the site that involved the delivery, storage or handling of construction materials. Identify and describe in writing how each accident or incident could have been prevented by improved storage and/or handling of the materials
5. Your recommendations for improving the storage and handling of building materials at this site.
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CPCCBC4007A Plan building or construction work
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Prepare a portfolio that provides evidence of how you have gone about planning a low-rise construction project. This could be a project you managed or one for which you have access to sufficient project documentation that you can undertake all the usual planning activities.
Your evidence could take a wide variety of forms, but should include copies of at least the following documents:
1. Planning documents, including internal company planning documentation and formal building approval documentation. This should include a list of all the approvals and permits required to complete the project.
2. Project schedules that show all planned project activities and timeframes and the critical path, including both an ideal schedule and at least one schedule that takes into account likely or anticipated delays. This should include documentation of the availability of suitably qualified and experienced contractors and sub-contractors to complete the required work.
3. Forms completed for any reason, including internal company forms (e.g. for equipment booking) and forms required by external agencies, such as noise permits or applications for temporary traffic controls or diversions.
4. A site plan showing site access points and limitations, and the locations of site accommodation, storage and temporary services connections etc.
5. Labour and materials schedules for the project, including plant and equipment hire requirements.
6. A condition report for the site and any existing buildings at the site or on the site boundaries.
7. Documented/collected procedures for all the necessary site processes including those for:
◦ Ordering, delivery, receipt/delivery, recording, storage and safe handling of materials.
◦ Booking of plant and equipment.
◦ Site safety, WHS and risk, welfare and rehabilitation, including hazard and risk management and site induction.
◦ Removal of existing services, hazardous materials and waste.
◦ Managing on-site operations, including subcontractors, construction problems, and project delays, including control of multiple projects.
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CPCCBC4008B Conduct on-site supervision of building and construction projects
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Keep a file for a period of at least three months that shows how finances were administered at a low-rise building site which you were supervising.
Your evidence could take a wide variety of forms, but should include evidence of at least the following:
1. Payments made to contractors, in line with contract terms and conditions.
2. Payments made to suppliers.
3. Drawings against project allowances.
4. Authorised contract variations and the flow on changes that result from them.
5. Application of back charges, in line with organisational policy.
6. Insurance claims for site loss or damages.
7. Formal project financial reports, including those designed to be given to the client and those for internal uses.
8. Significant communications about financial issues with project stakeholders, including internal company management, the client, sub-contractors and external agencies.
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Keep a file for a period of at least three months that shows how communications were managed at a low-rise building site which you were supervising.
Your evidence could take a wide variety of forms, but should include copies of at least the following:
1. A site communication diary covering a period of at least three months. The diary should show all communications with the clients, suppliers and subcontractors, and all inspections and union matters.
2. Files notes detailing specific instructions issued to workers at the site.
3. Site reports of supervisory inspections.
4. Communications, such as emails, forms or formal letters:
a. Communicating the details of requested project variations.
b. Requesting extensions of time.
c. Notifying contractors of unsatisfactory work.
5. Formal project reports, including those designed to be given to the client and those for internal use, and reports produced by external advisors and agencies.
6. Any other significant communications about project details or issues with project stakeholders, including internal company management, the client, sub-contractors and external agencies.
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Keep a file for a period of at least three months that shows how quality was managed at a low-rise building site which you were supervising.
Your evidence could take a wide variety of forms, but should include copies of at least the following:
1. Checklists detailing specific items to be inspected at appropriate stages. You should include original copies and completed copies that demonstrate that the checklists were used on site.
2. A list of industry and organisational quality manuals and procedures used at the site.
3. Communications, such as emails, presentations or speaking notes that show how you communicated quality requirements to site personnel.
4. Evidence that:
a. Project work was checked against construction standards, for example inspection reports completed by internal company staff.
b. On-site work was supervised to ensure that it was performed to industry, regulatory and contractual standards. For example, supervisor’s reports.
c. Required inspections were completed by local authorities, such as footing inspections.
d. The contractual quality standards for the project were met. This could include completed forms, inspection reports, correspondence with external authorities, contractors or the client, or photo or video evidence.
5. Formal project reports that discuss quality requirements or issues, including those designed to be given to the client and those for internal use, and reports produced by external advisors and agencies.
6. Any other significant communications about quality requirements or issues with project stakeholders, including internal company management, the client, sub-contractors and external agencies.
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Prepare a file that shows how project administrative processes, including practical completion, were managed at a low-rise building site which you were supervising.
Your evidence could take a wide variety of forms, but should include copies of at least the following:
1. A documented inspection procedure to determine that the site has met practical completion, and evidence that this was communicated to the client. This should include the original procedure and documentation that demonstrates that the procedure was used to inspect the site to confirm practical completion in accordance with the contract requirements and company policy.
2. A documented handover procedure, and evidence that the procedure was used to hand the site over to the client, in accordance with company policy.
3. Copies of certificates and other required documentation given to the client at site handover, for example, certificate of practical completion, termite protection warranties and appliance warranties.
4. Evidence that defective items identified by the client were rectified and signed-off by the client.
5. Documentation of any other formal administrative processes required by your company when completing a low-rise building project. For example, internal company records that must be kept.
6. Formal project reports that discuss project administrative requirements or issues, especially practical completion and site handover activities, including reports designed to be given to the client and those for internal use, and reports produced by external advisors and agencies.
7. Any other significant communications about practical completion or site handover with project stakeholders, including internal company management, the client, sub-contractors and external agencies.
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CPCCBC4009B Apply legal requirements to building & construction projects
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Calculate the wages due to all workers on a medium-rise construction project being undertaken by your building organisation, with reference to the appropriate awards and agreements.
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Review the systems used to ensure compliance with requirements to collect GST for a low-rise building project you have been responsible for. Write a short report (up to 5 pages) that summarises the following:
1. The relevant legislative requirements.
2. The processes in place to collect and record GST for the project.
3. The effectiveness of these processes, including any recommendations for improving processes.
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Describe and provide evidence of the industrial relations policies and arrangements that apply at a low-rise building project you have been responsible for. Your response should include details of all of the following:
1. The relevant awards and agreements that apply at the site.
2. The organisational industrial relations policies and procedures that apply at the site.
3. Compliance of subcontracting companies with your organisation’s industrial relations policies and obligations, as stated in subcontracts.
4. Actions taken to ensure that there was no discrimination or harassment at the site.
5. Training requirements, derived from awards, agreements and company policy, and evidence that they have been complied with.
6. Availability of material on industrial relations options and legal information to employees on site.
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Provide evidence of how you handled at least two disputes relating to low-rise building projects you have been responsible for. Your evidence should include information on all of the following:
1. The applicable dispute resolution policies and processes, including reference to organisational policies and procedures, the contract for the project and relevant awards and agreements.
2. The dispute/complaint and how you dealt with it.
3. Clear documentation of the outcomes of the dispute and agreements between all parties.
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CPCCBC4010B Apply structural principles to residential low rise constructions
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Select a low-rise residential project which you have been largely responsible for, and for which you can obtain all the plans, drawings and other project documentation. Produce and submit all of the following for this project:
1. A plan for the demolition of any existing buildings on the site, including:
◦ Legislative and planning requirements.
◦ Environmental standards that must be met.
◦ Safe work practices during demolition and removal of rubbish.
2. A plan for erection of the new building, including:
◦ The main structural principles that apply to the erection of the proposed structure.
◦ Analysis of the structural integrity and performance of the building as designed, including any advice you sought from industry professionals, including:
‒ The effect of section properties on various materials.
‒ Structural performance characteristics of slabs, floors, beams, columns and retaining walls.
◦ Compliance with BCA requirements for bushfire, high wind, earthquake and alpine environments, as applicable.
◦ Any new or emerging building technologies you proposed to use in the construction and their compliance with BCA requirements and Australian Standards.
◦ Results of a pre-commencement site inspection.
◦ Plans for the safe construction of the building’s:
i. Footings, including damp coursing, flashing and termite barriers, as required.
ii. Floor system.
iii. Structural and non-structural wall systems, in compliance with AS1684 and other relevant standards, and including bracing, tie-downs, tolerances, allowances and fixing and installation of components, and sarking or waterproof membranes.
iv. Roof system, including erection of roof trusses, and installation of sarking and cladding, as required.
v. External wall cladding, windows and doors.
3. Evidence of demolition and construction in accordance with the plans. This could include:
◦ Photos or videos of the construction process at all significant stages, as listed above.
◦ Copies of inspection documentation, attesting to the compliance of the building as constructed.
◦ Copies of internal company documentation, such as project reports, company inspection reports, and client reports.
Note: You can use the same project you used for Assessment Task 3, in which case you can reference any relevant documents already submitted for that task.
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Select 2 low-rise residential building projects (BCA Classes 1 to 10) with which you are familiar, not including the project you used for the previous assessment task. For each project, write a short report of up to 5 pages, which:
1. Includes diagrams, photos or plans that show the structural elements of the building or buildings included in the project.
2. Assesses the structural integrity of the building/s as designed.
3. Describes the structural performance of the building/s, including:
◦ The effect of section properties on various materials.
◦ Structural performance characteristics of slabs, floors, beams, columns and retaining walls.
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Write a checklist which could be used to manage the pre-commencement inspection of a construction site for a low-rise construction project.
Your checklist should contain all the activities and checks that are required or advised for all projects of the particular type, even if not all of these are performed for every project.
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CPCCBC4011B Apply structural principles to commercial low rise constructions
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Select a commercial low-rise project which you have been largely responsible for, and for which you can obtain all the plans, drawings and other project documentation. Produce and submit all of the following for this project:
1. A plan for the demolition of any existing structures on the site, including:
◦ Legislative and planning requirements.
◦ Environmental standards that must be met.
◦ Safe work practices during demolition and removal of rubbish.
2. A plan for erection of the new building, including:
◦ The main structural principles that apply to the erection of the proposed low-rise commercial structure.
◦ Analysis of the structural integrity and performance of the building as designed, including any advice you sought from industry professionals, including:
‒ The effect of section properties on various materials.
‒ Structural performance characteristics of slabs, floors, beams, columns and retaining walls.
◦ Compliance with BCA requirements for bushfire, high wind, earthquake and alpine environments, as applicable.
◦ Any new or emerging building technologies you proposed to use in the construction and their compliance with BCA requirements and Australian Standards.
◦ Advice from internal and external advisors.
◦ Results of a pre-commencement site inspection.
◦ Plans for the safe construction of the building’s:
i. Footings, including damp coursing, flashing and termite barriers, as required.
ii. Floor system.
iii. Structural and non-structural wall systems, in compliance with relevant standards, and including appropriate allowances.
iv. Roof system, including erection of roof trusses, and installation of service penetrations, skylights and roof ventilators, sarking and cladding, as required.
v. External wall cladding, windows and doors.
3. Evidence of demolition and construction in accordance with the plans. This evidence could include:
◦ Photos or videos of the construction process at all significant stages, as listed above.
◦ Copies of inspection documentation, attesting to the compliance of the building as constructed.
◦ Copies of internal company documentation, such as project reports, company inspection reports, and client reports.
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CPCCBC4012B Read and interpret plans and specifications
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Provide a site plan for at least 2 construction projects with which you are familiar. Mark all of the following elements on each plan and describe any features of these elements that would need to be taken into consideration when planning or completing the construction work for this project:
1. Access and egress
2. Contours and slopes
3. Drainage lines
4. Easements
5. Existing dwellings, buildings or other structures
6. Location/site, situation, building orientation and direction of true north
7. Major geological and topographical features
8. Service connection points
9. Stormwater disposal
10. Trees and vegetation.
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Provide building plans, drawings and specifications for at least 2 construction projects with which you are familiar. For each set of plans, complete the following:
1. Identify any client requested variations marked on the plans.
2. Briefly describe the changes shown, and their likely impact on the project design processes, costs and timeframes.
3. Draft the text of 2 emails, as follows:
◦ An email you could send to internal staff to inform them about the variation to the project.
◦ An email you could send to the client to confirm the variation.
4. Identify all provisional sums (PS) and prime cost (PC) values, and explain their application.
5. List the building codes and standards that apply to the project.
6. Identify the key features of the main products included in the specifications, including their design, purpose, aesthetics and costs.
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Identify 12 symbols commonly used on the plans and specifications used by your building organisation. List and describe the meaning of each symbol.
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BSBSMB406A Manage small business finances
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Produce detailed financial budgets/projections for your organisation, including cash flow estimates, for the next 3-6 months.
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Develop and document client credit policies to maximise cash flow for your organisation, including contingencies for debtors in default.
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Develop and document key financial performance indicators to allow ongoing monitoring of financial performance for your organisation.
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Monitor the organisation’s financials over a 3 month period. Write a report that shows:
1. A current balance sheet.
2. A current profit and loss statement.
3. Budget versus actual, and results against financial performance targets.
4. The extent to which the organisation has met its financial plan.
5. The effect of marketing and operational strategies on the financial plan.
6. Current financial ratios as per the financial performance indicators you developed in the previous Assessment Task.
7. Any recommended variations to the financial plans and how you will implement them.
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ELECTIVE UNITS –
PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS FOR SELECTED UNITS ONLY
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¨ CPCCBC4013A Prepare and evaluate tender documentation
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Two sample RFTs were provided with the self-paced study kit for CPCCBC4013A. Choose one of these RFTs and prepare:
1. A risk assessment and risk management plan.
2. Calculation of estimates for materials, labour and other requirements.
3. A full tender response, including all necessary supporting documentation, plans and drawings.
4. Forms or other documents required for approval of the tender documentation before submission to the client, including quality approval.
Ensure that you following all of your organisation’s processes for tender responses and use all required templates and standards.
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¨ CPCCBC4015A Prepare specifications for all construction works
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Take two contracts for projects being completed or already completed by the organisation you currently work for. Identify and describe any contractual elements that would impact on the specifications for the project.
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Prepare a full specification for a low-rise residential or commercial building project, including all the detail that would be necessary to quote on the work for the client or to request firm quotations from subcontractors.
Use a standard specification document or software tool that is used within the building organisation you work for. Ensure that you comply with all organisational requirements for the preparation of specifications, including document management requirements.
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Examine a construction contract you have access to. Determine and describe what steps the builder and the client would have to take to terminate this contract legally, and under what conditions this could be done.
Ensure that in your answer, you discuss the possibility and conditions for each of the following:
· Repudiation of the contract by one party, and acceptance by the other.
· Unreasonable or vexatious notice.
· Conditions for completion of the contract at the cost of the contractor.
· The effect of ousting the contractor from the building or construction site.
· Abandonment of the contract.
· Any other termination methods allowed for under the contract, and/or under Australian law.
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¨ CPCCBC4017A Arrange resources & prepare for the building or construction project
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Complete all the preparatory activities and resource arrangements for a low-rise residential or commercial building site. Keep a file that shows all the actions you have taken and arrangements you have made for that site. Ensure that your file contains documentation of all of the following:
1. Confirmation of the site handover date.
2. Compliance with local government requirements and payment of any fees required to establish the site and gain necessary permits.
3. Insurance and security arrangements.
4. Parking arrangements.
5. Formal notification to all relevant authorities.
6. Organisation of all on-site facilities and accommodation, including rubbish removal, hoardings, fencing, plant delivery, site signage, and office, sheds and toilet facilities.
7. Protection of existing services at the site.
8. Connection of temporary services, if required.
9. Temporary site access (entry into and exit from the site) permits and arrangements.
10. Engagement of appropriate on-site human resources and a construction work supervisor.
11. Materials ordering and scheduling, including prefabricated materials and on-site plant delivery dates.
12. Arrangements for any industrial relations or safety matters that could impact on the project.
13. Any other construction arrangements required under the contract.
Note: You may have provided some or all of this evidence for other units of competency. If this is the case, create a list that references the relevant evidence against the requirements above.
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¨ CPCCBC4018B Apply site surveys and set-out procedures to building and construction projects
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Organise to complete site set-out for two (2) different low-rise residential of commercial building projects. While you will need other people to assist you, you must direct all the site set-out activities, and make all measurements and calculations yourself.
To provide evidence of your competence for each site, you must:
1. Provide building documentation relevant to site set-out, e.g. plans and drawings, codes, standards, specifications, any other requirements.
2. Ask an experienced person to observe your actions and complete the form in
Annex E: Assessment Task 41 – Site set-out observation form
on page 45. This provides an independent record, which can be compared with the photos/videos to confirm your actions and competencies.
3. Take photos of the site before and after site set-out and at all key activities and points, e.g. when measuring the distance to a control point, when each control point is marked, when each corner point of the building has been laid out, and when each level marker is placed. Place all of these photos into a Word file or a PowerPoint file, in the correct order, and add text to explain what you did at each point, how and why.
Alternatively, you could video the site set-out process, but if you do this, you should edit the video to remove any sections that don't demonstrate your own site set-out activities.
Note: You must get permission to take photos or record site set-out activities from any other person who might be in the photos or video. A permission form is provided at the end of the Annex.
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Organise to take levels at two (2) different sites, using appropriate levelling equipment. You must complete a closed level run with at least 5 measurement points at each site. You must calculate the RLs across the site using both the rise and fall method and the HPC method.
To provide evidence of your competence for each site, you must:
1. Provide building documentation relevant to site levelling, e.g. plans and drawings, codes, standards, specifications, any other requirements or documents that contain levelling data.
2. Ask someone to take a video of you setting up and checking the levelling equipment you have selected. Explain what you are doing as you do it, including the reasons for any checks that you complete and also include an explanation of why you have selected the particular equipment for use at that site. Note that a video taken on a phone camera is fine, as long as your voice can be heard clearly and the actions you are taking to set up the equipment are shown clearly.
3. Mark all the points at which levels were taken on a plan of the site, including notes to indicate benchmarks, starting points and turning points.
4. Provide completed level book pages for both the rise and fall method and the HPC method.
5. Comment on any mis-closure identified using either method, and explain how you corrected it, if it was not within tolerance.
Note: To achieve competency in this unit, you must demonstrate that you can accurately select, setup and use two different kinds of common levelling devices. If you only used simple levelling devices such as spirit levels and water levels in the previous assessment task, then you should ensure that you use a more complex levelling device such as a builders’ level, laser level or theodolite for this assessment task.
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Organise to determine contouring and volume calculations for two (2) different building sites, using appropriate levelling equipment. You must set out an appropriate grid for levelling and take the levels, prepare contour plans from the grid levels to standard tolerances and contour intervals, and estimate the volume of soil that must be contoured or cut and filled for each site to the specified tolerances.
To provide evidence of your competence for each site, you must:
1. Provide building documentation relevant to site contouring or cut and fill work, e.g. plans and drawings, codes, standards, specifications, any other requirements or documents that contain levelling requirements.
2. Ask someone to take a video of you setting up the grid and completing the levelling. Explain what you are doing as you do it, including the reasons for any checks that you complete. Note that a video taken on a phone camera is fine, as long as your voice can be heard clearly and the actions you are taking to set up the equipment are shown clearly. Also note that it is not necessary to video the entire process of levelling across the site; video enough to demonstrate that you understand how to establish a levelling grid that is appropriate for the nature of the site, that you can use the levelling equipment correctly and that you understand how to record the levels you have taken for later use.
3. Create a grid plan of the site that shows the levels across the site.
4. Prepare contour plans from the grid levels.
5. Create at least 3 cross sections showing the degree of cut and fill at different points on the site.
6. Estimate the amount of cut and fill for each of the 3 cross sections you developed.
7. Estimate the total volume of soil to be cut and soil to be filled across the site, and indicate the total volume of soil that must be removed or ordered at each site.
Note: You must show all your workings for all your calculations. If you use a spreadsheet or computer program to calculate the cut and fill estimates and the total volumes of soil then include a printout of all relevant pages or sheets, to show the figures that were entered into the program/spreadsheet, the assumptions used and the data calculated.
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Organise to determine grades and levels for drainage or a pipeline and for batters at two different sites.
To provide evidence of your competence for each site, you must:
1. Provide building documentation relevant to determining grade and levels for drainage, pipelines and batters, e.g. plans and drawings, codes, standards, specifications, any other requirements or documents that contain levelling or drainage and pipeline requirements.
2. Take the required levels at the site.
3. Construct a long section that shows the relevant line of excavation, including levels at appropriate chainages.
4. Calculate all grades in three formats – as an angle, as a percentage and as a ratio.
5. Calculate appropriate batter grades and levels, and provide a short explanation of the factors that you considered in determining an appropriate grade for the batter, such as whether the soil will be cut or filled, the loading on the batter and the type of soil.
Note: You must show all your workings for all calculations. If you use a spreadsheet or computer program to calculate the grades and/or convert them to different formats then include a printout of all relevant pages or sheets, to show the figures that were entered into the program/spreadsheet, the assumptions used and the data calculated.
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¨ CPCCBC4024A Resolve business disputes
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Develop and document a business dispute resolution procedure for a low-rise construction project with which you are familiar.
Ensure that you review the contract for the project, all applicable legislation and your organisation’s policies and processes for dispute resolution. Your procedure must be consistent with all of these but must also be specific to the particular project.
It should cover the steps to be taken at different stages in the process, who is responsible for each step, who should be consulted or informed and what records should be kept for each step.
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Describe an actual dispute in which you or your building organisation has been involved in the past. Include all of the following information:
1. The parties involved in the dispute.
2. The nature and cause of the dispute, in detail.
3. How you or the organisation responded to the other party.
4. How the other party responded to you or your organisation.
5. What dispute resolution measures were used.
6. The outcome of all dispute resolution activities.
7. Any changes to organisational policies or processes you might recommend to prevent similar disputes from arising in the future.
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¨ CPCCBC4026A Arrange building applications and approvals
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Complete the building applications and approvals processes for a building project for which you have responsibility.
Prepare a portfolio of documentation that shows all of the following:
1. Your plan for gaining all of the necessary building approvals.
2. Stakeholder consultation activities.
3. Preparation and lodgement of all the necessary documentation, including any specialist certifications required and compliance with organisational policies and procedures and document control requirements.
4. Assessment of the outcome of the building approval applications process.
5. Negotiation of amendments where required.
6. Analysis of rejected submissions to determine appropriate future actions.
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¨ BSBPMG522 Undertake project work
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Prepare a brief project plan (up to 5 pages) for a project you are familiar with. This could be a project you are currently working on or one that has recently finished.
Prepare your plan using an appropriate organisational template, and make sure that it is of a standard that could be presented to management within your section, including being word-processed and formatted to look professional.
In your plan, you need to summarise all of the following:
1. The project scope, and other relevant project parameters, such as the allocated budget, timeframes and available resources, and the relationship of the project to other projects and the organisation’s mission, goals and objectives.
2. The project stakeholders, and how you consulted with them and incorporated their needs and feedback into the project plan.
3. The project team, including your own responsibilities and the limits of those responsibilities.
4. A detailed budget and other resource requirements.
5. Deliverables, milestones, a detailed work breakdown and schedule to complete the work by the required timeframes.
6. Legal, regulatory, financial and other policy and probity requirements for undertaking the project, including approvals required within your agency and recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
7. Risk management plan for the project, including consideration of WHS issues.
8. Evidence of approval of the plan by an appropriate delegate.
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Provide copies of at least 3 project status/progress reports that provide clear and detailed evidence of how you went about administering and monitoring a project that you are familiar with.
Select reports that demonstrate what you did to:
1. Take action to ensure that the project team members understood their responsibilities and the project requirements.
2. Provide support for project team members, to ensure that the project delivered the expected outcomes by the required time. For example, providing resources to assist team members with special needs.
3. Establish and maintain the required recordkeeping systems throughout the project. For example, establishing registry files and assigning responsibility for recordkeeping.
4. Implement, and monitor plans and procedures for managing the project’s finances, resources and quality.
5. Consult with stakeholders as required during the project, and complete and forward project reports to stakeholders, in line with agency requirements.
6. Manage the risks to the project effectively.
7. Achieve the project deliverables.
Note that you can provide other supporting documentation if you need or want to, such as minutes of meetings, copies of emails, letters, approval submissions, or notes from personal discussions and phone calls. Bear in mind privacy and confidentiality requirements when preparing these documents for inclusion in your assessment portfolio.
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Finalise a project and complete an end of project review for a project you are familiar with, then prepare a short (up to 5 pages) project finalisation and review report. This could be a project you have managed yourself or one you worked on as a team member for another manager.
Prepare your report using an appropriate organisational template, and make sure that it is of a standard that could be presented to management within your section, including being word-processed and formatted to look professional.
In your report, you need to:
1. Document the actions you took to finalise the project, including:
a. Completing all financial record-keeping, for example reconciling the budget for the project, paying final invoices, and releasing unused funds back to the agency.
b. Transitioning project team staff to other roles.
c. Ensuring that all the required project documentation was complete and correctly stored.
d. Gaining necessary approvals to conclude the project.
e. Consulting with team members and stakeholders to gain their input to the project review.
2. Review and discuss the effectiveness of the project outcomes and processes against the project scope and plan.
3. Recommend ways of improving project management for similar projects in the future, and the lessons you have learned from your experience with the project. Your recommendations should be supported by the evidence included in the report.
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