Course Title: Install and replace windows and doors

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3320 Certificate III in Carpentry

Course Title: Install and replace windows and doors

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 70

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.

Important Information:

Nil



Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vehs@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to plan, prepare, set out and install window and door units, and to replace window and door units to different types and styles of buildings for access, security, weather proofing and replacement of defective windows and doors. It includes timber and metal window and door units.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CPCCCA3010A Install and replace windows and doors

Elements:

1. Plan and prepare.

2. Install window units to frame.

3. Replace window units/door frames

4. Prepare door opening, and construct and fix jamb.

5. Install door and door unit.

6. Clean up.

Learning Outcomes

 Element

 Chapter Reference

 Content reference

 Relevant Worksheets and Questions (by chapter)
  1. Plan and prepare.

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

Door and window styles and specifications

Planning and preparation

Student activity 5.1 – Selecting the right materials for windows and doors

Worksheet 1 – Q1–15

Student activity 5.2 – Bushfire-prone areas
  1. Install window units to frame.

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

Window installation

Worksheet 4 – Q1–8
  1. Replace window units/door frames

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

Removing door and window frames

Window installation

 
  1. Prepare door opening, and construct and fix jamb.

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

Door and door frame installation

Worksheet 2 – Q1–10

Worksheet 3 – Q1–2
  1. Install door and door unit.

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

Door and door frame installation

Hanging doors

Worksheet 3 – Q3–10
  1. Clean up.

Chapter 5: Install and replace windows and doors

 

 


Overview of Assessment

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to read and interpret plans and specifications relevant to construction operations. It includes the identification of types of plans and drawings and their functions, the recognition of commonly used symbols and abbreviations, the identification of key features and specifications on a site plan, the comprehension of written job specifications and the recognition of document status and amendment detail.