CPCCCM1016
Identify requirements for safe tilt-up work


Application

This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to identify requirements for safe tilt-up work within the construction industry.

It includes knowledge required for induction of construction workers prior to entering tilt-up workplaces.

It applies to workers in the construction industry. It involves working under supervision in a team environment.

Licensing requirements may apply to this unit of competency depending on the regulatory requirements of each jurisdiction. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm these requirements.


Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe what needs to be done to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify tilt-up construction and risk management processes.

1.1 Identify and describe relationships between each stage of the tilt-up construction process and the following stage, and typical faults, problems, hazards and possible effects if design and safety requirements are not met.

1.2 Identify and describe basic principles of risk management and duty-holders responsible.

1.3 Identify and describe minimum requirements for a safe work method statement (SWMS) for each task as outlined in the National Code of Practice for Precast, Tilt-Up and Concrete Elements in Building Construction (the National Code), and the duty-holder responsible for its preparation and compliance.

1.4 Identify and describe minimum requirements for a work plan and/or work health and safety (WHS) management plan for tilt-up construction, as outlined in the National Code.

1.5 Identify available skills training opportunities relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

2. Identify information relating to safe tilt-up construction.

2.1 Identify and describe regulatory information relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

2.2 Identify and describe own role and responsibilities and those of others relevant to tilt-up construction.

2.3 Identify and describe general work procedures, documentation, drawings and plans for carrying out the tilt-up construction process relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

2.4 Identify and describe general safety requirements for equipment and tools used in the tilt-up construction process relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

3. Identify procedures relating to safe tilt-up construction to maintain own safety and that of others.

3.1 Communicate with others to establish that key safety requirements have been met for preceding stages of tilt-up construction.

3.2 Identify and describe general procedures for responding to, rectifying and reporting faults, problems and hazards relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

3.3 Identify methods and procedures used to control tilt-up construction hazards, including the content of the work plan and/or WHS management plan and SWMSs relevant to own work, role and responsibilities.

3.4 Identify and describe sequence of tasks and activities relevant to own work, and review adequacy of the associated SWMS by conducting a job safety analysis (JSA).

Foundation Skills

This section describes the language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills essential to performance in this unit but not explicit in the performance criteria.

reading skills to:

understand written instructions, procedures and signs

oral communication skills to:

use questioning to identify and confirm requirements

discuss cause of problems

report faults in tools, equipment and materials.


Sectors

Construction