Elements and Performance Criteria
- Research for compliance with building and planning legislation.
- Compliance with building and construction planning legislation is investigated, interpreted and communicated to others throughout design and construction of the building project for planning and preparation purposes.
- Planning and construction effects of the BCA and construction requirements of relevant Australian standards are researched and documented following construction principles for domestic scale buildings.
- Effects of state or territory, local government and service supply authorities' legislation, including reporting systems on design and construction are researched and documented.
- Methods of foundation assessment and classification are identified and evaluated.
- Effects of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) regarding access for people with a disability are researched and documented.
- Record all relevant planning and construction information.
- Investigate and evaluate a site for establishment, preparation and excavation requirements.
- Salient features of a building site and methods of soil investigation, assessment and clarification are appraised and recorded on documents available to site services.
- Principles and practices of site establishment and different types and uses of builders' plant and equipment are identified and evaluated.
- Determine trade sequencing.
- Trade sequencing appropriate to the different forms of residential construction are identified and evaluated.
- Structural systems commonly used in domestic scale buildings are described and sketched.
- Types and principles of construction relevant to the domestic design and construction are identified and evaluated according to relevant legislation, including BCA, and construction standards and practices.
- Evaluate and apply cyclone-resistant construction to buildings.
- Cyclone category areas and code specification are defined.
- Terrain categories and their application to cyclone design are defined.
- Methods of 'tie down' construction are identified from BCA.
- Applications of structural bracing principles are identified in specifications.
- Alternative approaches of construction in cyclone areas are evaluated in accordance with BCA.
- Evaluate construction standards and practices.
- Standards and practices for claddings, linings, finishes and coatings associated with domestic scale buildings are identified and evaluated.
- Construction standards and practices of window, door and joinery fabrication and installation are identified and evaluated.
- Basic principles and integration of building services into the building are identified and evaluated.
- Structural principles of loads, forces, stresses and strains applied in the design and construction of single storey domestic scale buildings are identified and evaluated.
- Types, principles, standards and practices for the installation of the services in single and two storey residential dwellings are identified and evaluated.
- Types, principles, construction standards and practices relating to domestic stair construction, balustrading and handrails are identified and evaluated.