This unit of competency specifies the skills and knowledge required to use technical instruments and levelling and surveying techniques to accurately set-out a building on site. It includes determining grid levels and developing contour plans.
It applies to National Construction Code (NCC) classifications:
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, including 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:
*a candidate must meet the elements and performance criteria of this unit by surveying and setting out a residential or commercial building on site.
In doing this, the candidate must:
*select and operate one surveying and one levelling device
*develop a topographic contour plan
*calculate cut and fill quantities:
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
*working drawings, specifications and design principles
*relevant building codes and specifications
*linear and angular measurements, geometry and trigonometry
*principles of surveying and set-out
*operational and functional features of levelling and surveying devices:
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.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):