Application
This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to interpret a reinforcement schedule to confirm and locate materials to support construction activities.
It includes:
planning and preparing for work
reading and interpreting the schedule
using the schedule to confirm and locate materials for construction use, and to provide information to others on site.
It applies to steelfixers, concreters and construction workers working as members of a team with at least a moderate degree of autonomy. They would be expected to complete routine activities without close supervision.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe what needs to be done to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Plan and prepare to apply reinforcement schedule. | 1.1 Review and clarify task involving application of reinforcement schedule. 1.2 Identify elements of structure from project construction schedule and task drawings. 1.3 Review work health and safety (WHS) requirements for the task in accordance with safety plans and policies. 1.4 Review environmental requirements for the task in accordance with environmental plans and legislative requirements. |
2. Read and interpret reinforcement schedule. | 2.1 Confirm structural element to be constructed from site and structural detail drawings. 2.2 Read reinforcement schedule to identify the appropriate reinforcement type for the structural element. 2.3 Determine number of reinforcement pieces/sheets from structural detail drawings. 2.4 Identify and report discrepancies in coding and numbering. |
3. Check contents of reinforcement material bundles. | 3.1 Check content of reinforcement material bundles for conformity to schedule and proposed structural element. 3.2 Investigate any discrepancies between schedule and actual material quantities, and resolve or report to relevant personnel. 3.3 Investigate any discrepancies between schedule and actual material shape, size or length and resolve or report to relevant personnel. 3.4 Identify, segregate and report any cranked or bent items of reinforcement material. 3.5 Mark schedule where content conforms to schedule and structural element requirements. |
4. Locate reinforcement for element construction. | 4.1 Mark and place reinforcement ready for transportation to element location. 4.2 Arrange transport of reinforcement to structural location for placement and fixing. |
5. Communicate reinforcement schedule information. | 5.1 Communicate job sequencing schedule detail to steel fixers and team members to ensure efficient work practices. 5.2 Record changes to job sequencing schedule in accordance with site requirements. 5.3 Identify work completion procedures and notify relevant personnel when finished, in accordance with site requirements. |
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.
oral communication skills to:
enable clear and direct communication, using questioning to identify and confirm requirements, and share information
follow instructions.