Course Title: Apply legal requirements to building and construction projects

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4274 Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building)

Course Title: Apply legal requirements to building and construction projects

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 50

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUIL6005C

City Campus

TAFE

130T Vocational Engineering

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2013

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocengineering@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to apply legal requirements to building and construction projects of residential and low rise commercial buildings (low rise’ licensing classification with reference to Class 1 and 10 construction and Classes 2 to 9 with a gross floor area not exceeding 2000 square metres, not including Type A or Type B construction).
Application of legal requirements includes the capacity to ensure compliance with all contractual requirements. A thorough knowledge of the application of current legal and regulatory requirements is essential.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CPCCBC4009A Apply legal requirements to building and construction projects

Elements:

1. Apply the laws relating to builder licensing or registration.

2. Apply OHS legislation and provisions on site.

3. Apply the codes, Acts, regulations and standards relevant to construction.

4. Comply with insurance and regulatory requirements for housing
construction.

5. Apply legislation to financial transactions.

6. Meet building contract Obligations.

7. Apply industrial relations policies and obligations relevant to housing construction.

8. Apply dispute resolution processes.


Learning Outcomes

Refer to Elements.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.

Assessment Tasks

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessment

Assessment 1

Project Manual

Assessment 2

Case Study

Assessment 3

Workbook

 

These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment Mapping Matrix

Elements/Performance Criteria

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Assessment 3

1.1

X

 

 

1.2

X

 

 

2.1

X

 

 

2.2

X

 

 

2.3

X

 

 

3.1

X

 

 

3.2

X

 

 

4.1

 

X

 

4.2

 

X

 

5.1

 

X

 

5.2

 

X

 

6.1

 

X

 

6.2

 

X

 

6.3

 

X

 

7.1

 

 

X

7.2

 

 

X

7.3

 

 

X

7.4

 

 

X

7.5

 

 

X

7.6

 

 

X

7.7

 

 

X

8.1

 

 

X

8.2

 

 

X

8.3

 

 

X

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.