CPCPRF3026 - Install roof sheets, wall cladding and complex flashings

Unit code: CPCPRF3026 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
30
Location
Sunshine
Prerequisites
CPCPCM2043 - Carry out WHS requirements; and
CPCPCM2055 - Work safely on roofs
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to install roof sheets, wall cladding and complex flashings.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • installing roof sheeting, wall cladding and insulation to a steep pitch roof structure not less than two metres wide and 1.5 metres long incorporating a dorma window or portico, draining onto a flat roof.
  • installing the following complex flashings to a roof structure incorporating a
  • complex junction with two barges and a rolled ridge over a dormer roof; and
  • dorma or portico valley installation penetrating and terminating through a steep pitched roof; and
  • a transition flashing to seal between the steep pitch roof and the flat roof.
  • Note: Jointing and sealing to be weatherproof.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • Safe Work Australia - Managing the risk of falls in housing construction, Code of Practice
  • sequential installation
  • battens and/or safety battens required spacings for:
  • 600 mm truss spacing

  • 900 mm truss spacing

  • batten fixing requirements to roof trusses
  • roof components:
  • roof sheeting
  • wall cladding
  • flashing and capping
  • complex flashing
  • roof battens
  • fixings and fasteners
  • weathering
  • approved sealants
  • installation in bushfire prone areas
  • how to access relevant information, including codes and standards
  • tools, materials and equipment used to install roof sheeting, wall cladding and complex flashings
  • work health and safety (WHS) requirements to install roof sheeting, wall cladding and complex flashings.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Plumbing
CPC32420 | Certificate iii | Duration:

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