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: Vocational Education
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.Important Information:
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Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUIL6210C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
130T Vocational Engineering |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2014, Term2 2014, Term1 2016, Term2 2016 |
BUIL6210C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science |
Face-to-Face |
Term1 2017 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUIL6210C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science |
Face-to-Face |
VE 2020 (M16) |
BUIL6210C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science |
Face-to-Face |
VE 2021 (All) |
Course Contact: Matthew Sweeney
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4105
Course Contact Email: matthew.sweeney@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
In this course you will cover 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: |
CPCCBC4009B 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
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.Students will be asked to personally demonstrate to the teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals.
This unit of competency could be assessed by the supervision of administration processes relating to a residential or commercial construction project, including the administration of payments, supervision of on-site communications, compliance with quality control and record keeping processes.
Assessment Tasks
Students must have achieved satisfactory results in each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.
Assessment | |
Assessment 1 |
Workplace Activities |
Assessment 2 |
Workplace Test |
Assessment 3 |
Project Assessment |