Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify types of drawings and their purposes.
- Apply commonly used symbols and abbreviations.
- Locate and identify key features on a site plan.
- Identify and locate key features on drawings.
- Correctly read and interpret specifications.
- Provisional sum (PS) and prime cost (PC) values are identified and correctly applied.
- Customer variations to standard specifications are identified.
- Correct interpretations of essential elements are applied to estimation, planning and supervisory tasks and are communicated.
- Building codes or standards affecting the work to be undertaken are identified, including references to Australian standards and the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
- Identify non-structural aspects to the specification.