Course Title: Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: EMPL5805C
Course Title: Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
School: 130T Vocational Engineering
Campus: City Campus
Program: C2214 - Certificate II in Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship)
Course Contact: Program Manager
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468
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
Email: warren.james@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 20
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
Nil
Course Description
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to prepare for and sustain effective work within the construction industry. It covers the identification and clarification of the construction industry work context, scope and employment conditions, responsibility required to be accepted by the individual, working in a team, individual career path improvement activities and sustainable work practices and techniques.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CPCCCM1002A Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry |
Element: |
1. Identify industry structure, occupations, job roles and work conditions |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1. Scope and nature of the construction industry and its national economic importance are recognised. |
Element: |
2. Accept responsibility for own workload. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1. Work activities are planned and priorities and deadlines are established with work group members such as supervisors and communicated to others whose own work plans and timelines may be affected. |
Element: |
3. Work in a team. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1. Site goals and the contributions to be made by teams in a construction activity are identified and understood. |
Element: |
4. Identify own development needs. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1. Skills and knowledge necessary to work effectively in the construction industry are identified. |
Element: |
5. Identify current resource use and identify opportunities to improve resource efficiency. |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1. Work site environmental and resource efficiency issues and resources used in own work role are identified and recorded using appropriate techniques. |
Element: |
6. Comply with environmental regulations. |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1. Procedures are followed to ensure compliance with environmental 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 WH
Teaching Schedule
Session Number | Topic |
Learning Activities/Resources |
Elements/ Performance Criteria |
Assessments |
Session 1 | Work effectively in plumbing industry | Pearsons workbook & questions. | 1.1-4.3 | assessment 1 |
Session 1 | Identify industry structure ,job roles , conditions |
Construction job roles Economic importance employment opportunities, conditions , duties , career paths Safe work methods & OHS requirements |
1.1-1.2-1.3-1.4- |
Assessment 2 List construction trades, job roles employment trends,opportunities, duties , career paths economic importance of construction industry
|
Session 2 |
Accept responsibility for own workload
Work in a team
Identify own developement needs
Identify current resource use , identify opportunities to improve resource efficiency |
Work with group members completed, to specification using PPE Quality requirements Assessing relivant information Communicate when support is needed Identify team activity Assist & encourage team members Initiate team improvements Resolve Any conflicts/ disharmony Skills & knowledge to work in construction industry Identify learning needs for future work requirements, Identify , evaluate skills ,knowledge , future work oportunities environmental & resource efficiency issues, identified, recorded, using appropriate techniques Environmental hazards identified & reported Environmental requirements are followed, Procedures documented suggestions to improve work practices Breaches or potential breaches are reported to designated personal. |
1.5 -2.1 -2.2 -2.3 -2.4 -3.1 -3.2 -3.3 -3.4 -3.5- 4.1 -4.2 -4.3 -5.1 -5.2 -5.3 -5.4 -6.1 -6.2 |
Assessment 3 Practical task , students given a job role to partisipate in .Students to comply with OH&S requirements , SWMS To complete own SWMS , including environmental hazards Environmental requirements are followed ,contribute to team , support team members contribute to team harmony , resolutions comply with environmental requirements Assessment 3 Theory Students to complete a SWMS for task Job role , list skills knowledge to work effectively ,identify own learning needs for future work requirements List skills & Knowledge for future construction industry work opportunities , identified & evaluated List environmental , efficiencys & record,Environmental requrements procedures documented
Suggest improvements to work site practices Any breaches or potential breaches are reported on Incident / hazard report form |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
There are no prescribed textbooks. ‘Pearsons Basic Plumbing Service Skills 2nd edition’ |
References
Intranet Australian Standards Worksafe codes of practiceConstruction industry OHS standards/ guidlines codes of conduct CPCCCM1012A work effectively & sustainably in the construction industry, COMPETENCY |
Other Resources
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
1. Assessment 1 - Workbook activities as evidence of classroom participation ( Weighting 20%)
2. Assessment 2 - submit assessment to satifactorily Theory . (Weighting 30% )
3. Assessment 3 - Complete Practical assessment satisfactorily including SWMS
Submit assessment relating to practical assessment satisfactorily ( Theory ) (Weighting 50% )
To successfully complete this unit, a student needs to be deemed competent (CA grade) in all both 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 Activities Elemenst 1.1 to 4.3 20%
Assessment 2 - Theory assignment 1 Elements 1.1 to 1.4 30%
Assessment 3 - Practical assessment & assignment 2 Elements 1.5-6.2 50%
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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