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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify requirements for accessibility of small-scale building.
  2. Analyse implications of requirements for assessment process.
  3. Apply requirements for accessibility to assessment.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Requirements of Australian administrative legal system must be relevant to accessibility of building being assessed and include:

common law, statute law, delegated legislation and local government law, including state and territory anti-discrimination legislation and regulations

building control legislation, including:

Australian standards relating to building accessibility, including:

AS 1428.1 Design for access and mobility - General requirements for access - New building work

AS 1428.4.1 Design for access and mobility - Means to assist the orientation of people with vision impairment - Tactile ground surface indicators

AS 1428.5 Design for access and mobility - Communication for people who are deaf or hearing impaired

AS 2890.6 Parking facilities - Off-street parking for people with disabilities

Building Code of Australia

civil law and examples of civil action relating to building accessibility

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

DDA Premises Standards

local government Development Control Plan.

Responsibilities of access consultants must include:

adhering to and implementing professional code of practice

maintaining a duty of care at all times in professional dealings

participating in continuous professional development programs

providing contracted services to the standard specified in a timely and professional manner

working within own areas of competence

working within the law.

Professional code of practicemust involve:

identifying and documenting matters relating to duty of care as it relates to common law

identifying and acknowledging conflict of interest as specified by required legislation.

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.

The person must also assess one residential small-scale building and one commercial small-scale building for accessibility for people with disabilities.

For each building, the person must:

evaluate it against the requirements of legislation, standards and codes relating to the provision of access to small-scale buildings

provide a report relating to the building’s compliance that:

describes building compliance with legislative and regulatory disability access requirements

interprets the impact of the full range of disabilities and the limitations that each disability places on the individual’s ability to access the environment

details processes for addressing issues of non-compliance with the building control legislation applicable to the building.

In undertaking the above work, the person must also:

identify, analyse, apply and record requirements of legislation, standards and codes relating to the provision of access to small-scale buildings

read and interpret plans of small-scale buildings

interpret and evaluate examples of civil action relating to the provision of access

interpret professional code of practice and apply it to own work practices

interpret how the full range of environmental barriers impacts on people with a range of disabilities and impairments

interpret the responsibilities of building certifiers to ensure the provision of access to small-scale buildings

interpret and analyse routine and non-routine situations to establish suitable methods of reporting

prepare and administer required documentation in a format suitable for review by a building certifier

use effective communication skills to impart information relating to the assessments

use research skills to source information relevant to the building assessment

apply organisational policies and procedures, including quality assurance requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

building and construction terminology and definitions used in assessment of building disability access

key requirements of Australian administrative legal system specified in the range of conditions relating to accessibility of small-scale buildings

key requirements of commonwealth, state and territory building legislation and local government regulations relating to accessibility of small-scale buildings

roles, responsibilities and duties of access consultants relating to small-scale building access assessment

key requirements of professional code of practice for access consultants relating to small-scale building access assessment

disability awareness to inform application of legislation, including:

range of disabilities to be considered when conducting assessment

disability-specific physical barriers to accessing building and its facilities

disability-specific minimum legislative and regulatory requirements for enhancing building accessibility

roles, responsibilities and statutory duties of building certifiers relating to building access assessment as specified by legislation

strategies for developing and maintaining effective working relationship with building certifiers

organisational requirements and procedures relating to applying building control legislation when assessing building access, including:

procedures for researching and applying building control legislation when assessing small-scale buildings for access and identifying non-compliance

format and procedures for preparing and recording required documentation

procedures for communicating information on access requirements, while maintaining privacy and confidentiality

quality assurance requirements.