Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare to carry out high performance concreting.
- Review and clarify task to carry out high performance concreting.
- Review task specifications and check to make sure they are in accordance with legislation, regulations and codes of practice.
- Review work health and safety (WHS) requirements for the task in accordance with safety plans and policies.
- Identify safety signage and barricade requirements.
- Review environmental requirements for the task in accordance with environmental plans and legislative requirements.
- Select plant, tools and equipment, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults.
- Calculate material quantity requirements.
- Acquire materials for the task and locate them safely ready for use.
- Place, finish and cure high performance concrete.
- Erect identified safety signage and barricades, and fit personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Carry out tests for each property of high performance concrete in accordance with specifications and associated testing standards.
- Use appropriate mechanical or manual handling techniques and processes to discharge high performance concrete into formwork.
- Use technique nominated in specifications to ensure high performance concrete is placed in a timely manner to avoid material segregation.
- Compact or vibrate high performance concrete and screed to job specifications into designated formwork in accordance with specifications and supporting drawings.
- Finish high performance concrete to specified thickness and height.
- Apply and document high performance concrete curing regime in accordance with specifications, which may include a selection of curing methods.
- Protect concrete from damage and pollution during construction using a plastic membrane.
- Clean up after carrying out high performance concreting.