Course Title: Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3320 Certificate III in Carpentry

Course Title: Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 24

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 erect and dismantle formwork to footings and slabs on ground, to establish levels and contain finished concrete. It includes forming basic slabs and forming rebates to slabs on ground and steps to strip footings.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CPCCCA2003A Erect and dismantle formwork for footings and slabs on ground

Elements:

1. Plan and prepare.

2. Erect formwork.

3. Strip formwork.

4. Clean up.

Learning Outcomes

 Element

 Chapter Reference

 Content reference

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

Chapter 4: Erecting and dismantling formwork for footings and slabs-on-ground

Formwork for footings and slabs

Formwork for slabs or strip footings – see under following sub-headings:

  • Planning
  • Materials and quantities for formwork

Student activity 4.1 – Formwork

Worksheet 1 – Q1–3
  1. Erect formwork.

Chapter 4: Erecting and dismantling formwork for footings and slabs-on-ground

Formwork for slabs and strip footings (see under sub-heading ‘Constructing the formwork’)

Student activity 4.2 – Calculation task

Worksheet 1 – Q4–9, 11

Worksheet 2 – Task
  1. Strip formwork.

Chapter 4: Erecting and dismantling formwork for footings and slabs-on-ground

Removing the formwork

Student activity 4.3 – Removing formwork

Worksheet 1 – Q10
  1. Clean up

Chapter 4: Erecting and dismantling formwork for footings and slabs-on-ground

Removing the formwork

 


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.