Elements and Performance Criteria
- Evaluate documents submitted with an application for building approval
- Plans, specifications and structural drawings for residential buildings are evaluated for compliance to building application process
- Application/proposal is evaluated against legislative requirements
- Components of the application requiring referral to other agencies/departments are identified and forwarded
- Common faults with application are identified, noted and reported to relevant parties
- Notice of decision, approval, conditional approval or refusal is drafted and processed according to workplace procedures
- Carry out inspections at various stages of building work
- Compliance of building work is checked according to schedule or at discretion and reports prepared promptly for the appropriate parties
- Written notices for non-complying work with a full explanation and any remedial action specified are prepared and processed according to workplace procedures
- Follow up inspections are conducted at a suitable time to check rectified work without disruption building progress
- Meetings are conducted with the stakeholders, taking notes, minutes and responding as required
- Prepare reports on various building types
- Analyses of residential buildings are prepared and advised
- Suitability of existing buildings are inspected and reported prior to purchase for proposed use and requirements
- Existing buildings are inspected for safety and reports completed
- Outcome of construction work prior to occupancy is inspected and reported on
- Determine the compliance of building services with respect to building legislation