Course Title: Carry out simple concreting and rendering

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2014

Course Code: BUIL6256C

Course Title: Carry out simple concreting and rendering

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C3307 - Certificate III in Plumbing

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Program Manager - Warren James
Tel: +61 3 9925 4632
 

Nominal Hours: 16

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

CPCPCM2043A Carry out WHS requirements

Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to perform minor repairs and undertake minor concreting and rendering tasks.
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPCPCM2054A Carry out simple concreting and rendering

Element:

1 Prepare for work.

Performance Criteria:

1 Prepare for work. 1.1 Job requirements are determined and various levels are obtained.
1.2 Work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements associated with levelling activities are adhered to throughout the work.
1.3 Quality assurance requirements are identified and adhered to according to workplace requirements.
1.4 Tools and equipment, including personal protective equipment, are selected and checked for serviceability.
1.5 Sustainability principles and concepts are applied.

2 Place concrete. 2.1 Concrete mixture is prepared to meet job and manufacturer requirements.
2.2 Formwork or excavation area is cleaned of excess material and debris prior to concrete placement.
2.3 Concrete is safely transported by an approved method.
2.4 Concrete is placed in formwork or placement site to specified depth ensuring all cavities are filled.
2.5 Concrete is screeded to the alignment of formwork and project specified datums.
2.6 Surface of concrete is finished according to specifications.

3 Place rendering. 3.1 Render mixture is prepared to meet manufacturer requirements.
3.2 Render is safely transported by an approved method.
3.3 Render is applied in the required location.
3.4 Surface of render is finished according to specifications.

4 Clean up. 4.1 Work area is cleared and materials disposed of, reused or recycled according to legislation, regulation, codes of practice and job specification.
4.2 Tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, maintained and stored according to manufacturer recommendations and workplace procedures.
4.3 Information is accessed and documentation completed according to workplace requirements.
 

Element:

2 Place concrete.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Concrete mixture is prepared to meet job and manufacturer requirements.
2.2 Formwork or excavation area is cleaned of excess material and debris prior to concrete placement.
2.3 Concrete is safely transported by an approved method.
2.4 Concrete is placed in formwork or placement site to specified depth ensuring all cavities are filled.
2.5 Concrete is screeded to the alignment of formwork and project specified datums.
2.6 Surface of concrete is finished according to specifications.
 

Element:

3 Place rendering.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Render mixture is prepared to meet manufacturer requirements.
3.2 Render is safely transported by an approved method.
3.3 Render is applied in the required location.
3.4 Surface of render is finished according to specifications.
 

Element:

4 Clean up.

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Work area is cleared and materials disposed of, reused or recycled according to legislation, regulation, codes of practice and job specification.
4.2 Tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, maintained and stored according to manufacturer recommendations and workplace procedures.
4.3 Information is accessed and documentation completed according to workplace requirements.
 


Learning Outcomes


Refer to Elements


Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities include in class workbook activities and researching industry practices and standards. This may include online learning activities. Students are expected to undertake design, size and documentation to relevant industry standards to include sustainability and WHS principles.


Teaching Schedule

This unit is delivered over 2 session

Session Number                  Topic                                                                                                   Learning Activities/Resources                                                                         Elements/ Performance         criteria Assessments                                                                                                                                
Session 1

Theory on Carry out simple concreting and rendering.

Introduce SWMS requirements

Plumbing services learners resource book carry out concreting to simple forms.

SWMS requirements.

1.1 - 4.3. Ass 1 - Complete work sheets in resource book.

Ass 2 – Complete underpinning questions in student recording book
and SWMS

Session 2 Practical tasks.
Recording book.

 
1.1 - 4.3 Ass 3 – Students construct slab as per plan for A36.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

There are no prescribed textbooks. Basic Plumbing Services Skills Water Supply 2nd edition Revised
will be provided to all students enrolled in this unit.  


References


Other Resources

Trench shoring DVD.

Code of practice - Safety precautions in Trenching operations. 1985.


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 are required to complete three different types of assessment tasks
Assessment 1 – Submit resource book.                                                           (weighting 30%)
Assessment 2 –Submit underpinning questions and completed SWMS. (weighting 30%)
Assessment 3 –Construct formwork and slab job A36.                                 (weighting 40%)

To successfully complete this unit, a student needs to be deemed competent (CA grade) in all three assessment tasks.
Grading Criteria:
NYC - Not yet competent
CA - Competence Achieved
DNS - Did not submit assessment


 


Assessment Matrix

        Assessment Task                                                                                        Element/ PC                                                                         Percentage Weighting
Assessment 1 – Workbook                                                                        Element 1.1 to 1.5                                                                                      30%
Assessment 2 - Underpinning questions                                               Element 1.1 to 1.5                                                                                     30%
Assessment 3 – Formwork and slab .                                                     Element 2.1 to 4.3                                                                                     40% 
                                                                  

Other Information

Academic Misconduct

Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral or written presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable.
The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarized by another student.
Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material. It is strongly recommended that students refer to the Guidelines for Students at the RMIT University Homepage.
 

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