Course Title: Carry out site investigation

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6066

Course Title: Carry out site investigation

Portfolio: SET

Nominal Hours: 40.0

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)
CIVE5563	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face	Term2 2008

Course Contact: Tony Skinner Program Coordinator

Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 4444

Course Contact Email: tony.skinner@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit covers the competency to carry out site investigation in accordance with the Australian Standard AS 1726

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

EDX010 - Communicate and apply standard industry procedures and policies in an engineering design office.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	EDC010 Carry out site investigation
Elements:	Carry out field and laboratory tests and classify the soil in accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System
	Carry out site Investigations using geological and geophysical methods
	Collect samples from a site using sampling and drilling
	Demonstrate the application of field and laboratory testing, sampling, geophysical and geological methods to an approved large scale civil engineering project

Learning Outcomes

Carry out field and laboratory tests and classify the soil in accordance with the Unified Soil Classification System

Carry out site Investigations using geological and geophysical methods

Collect samples from a site using sampling and drilling

Demonstrate the application of field and laboratory testing, sampling, geophysical and geological methods to an approved large scale civil engineering project

Overview of Assessment

This unit will be assessed in the classroom and the laboratory environment using holistic assessment based on typical workplace activities.
Assessment Method
1. Exams/tests
2. Laboratory work, practical work/demonstration, submission of report
The format of the test will include case studies and scenarios based on typical workplace activities to support problem-based assessment of ability to accurately complete calculations to industry standards. The industry standards applied will reflect those stated in the curriculum document under the sub-heading: ‘Critical aspects of assessment’
Students will have access to manufacturer’s charts and a list of relevant formulae, equations and material constants.