Course Title: Test and evaluate soils

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6066

Course Title: Test and evaluate soils

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)
CIVE5596	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face	Term1 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 correctly classify soils and carry out standard tests in order to evaluate soils.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

EDX010 – Communicate and apply standard industry procedures and policies in and engineering design office
EDX120 – Use mathematics at technician level

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	EAC120 Test and evaluate soils
Elements:	Classify soils using standard tests and from examination of the origin of the soil
	Demonstrate understanding of the behaviour of engineering soils
	Determine soil properties from the results of triaxial and direct shear tests
	Perform a compaction test

Learning Outcomes

Classify soils using standard tests and from examination of the origin of the soil
Demonstrate understanding of the behaviour of engineering soils

Determine soil properties from the results of triaxial and direct shear tests

Perform a compaction test

Overview of Assessment

This unit will be assessed in the classroom and the laboratory environment using holistic assessment based on typical workplace activities.
Assessment will comprise six assignments or lab reports (10% each), based on the following topics, followed by a final examination (40%). The number of laboratory experiments will depend upon the availability of resources :
• Triaxial/direct shear test
• CBR
• Compaction
• Atterberg Limits
• Sieve Analysis
• Soil Particle Density