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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm client requirements.
   • Client requirements are clarified and confirmed through discussion with client and team member, if appropriate.
   • Financial expectations of the client are reconfirmed.
   • Preliminary design notions are discussed with team members to ensure consistency with client's vision.
2. Clarify stakeholder requirements.
   • Input from stakeholders is assessed to confirm the responsibilities, requirements and limitations of the design brief.
   • Analysis of site survey is commissioned, as appropriate, and all relevant information is gathered and used to inform development of the brief.
3. Negotiate engagement with the client.
   • Fee proposal is discussed with the client and amended as appropriate prior to formalisation of the agreement.
   • Scope of services to be undertaken within the contract is discussed and confirmed with the client, either directly or by delegation to a team member.
   • Draft proposals are presented to the client, and client feedback is used to modify and improve the proposal.
   • Design brief is finalised in compliance with stakeholder requirements and all documentation is completed to the client's satisfaction.

Required Skills

Required skills

Required skills for this unit are communication skills to enable clear and direct communication using questioning to identify and confirm requirements share information listen and understand clarify stakeholder requirements confirm client requirements negotiate engagement read and interpret design briefs drawings and plans sketches use and interpret nonverbal communication use language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences work with a team written skills to complete relevant workplace documentation develop a design brief numeracy skills to apply calculations and to budget and forecast risk analysis and management for construction projects

Required knowledge

Required knowledge for this unit is fee structures industry codes of practice relevant statutory requirements applying to building work scope of services provided by the organisation

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment	This unit of competency could be assessed by the effective preparation of a design brief applicable to construction project work This unit of competency can be assessed in the workplace or a close simulation of the workplace environment provided that simulated or projectbased assessment techniques fully replicate construction workplace conditions materials activities responsibilities and procedures
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of the ability to understand financial legal and administrative factors affecting the contractual relationship communicate with clients effectively apply and interpret relevant statutory requirements analyse and commission a client design brief that complies with the requirements of all relevant stakeholders
Context of and specific resources for assessment	This competency is to be assessed using standard and authorised work practices safety requirements and environmental constraints Assessment of essential underpinning knowledge will usually be conducted in an offsite context Assessment is to comply with relevant regulatory or Australian standards requirements Resource implications for assessment include documentation including correspondence relevant to the assessment relevant management information Reasonable adjustments for people with disabilities must be made to assessment processes where required This could include access to modified equipment and other physical resources and the provision of appropriate assessment support
Method of assessment	Assessment methods must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the Construction Plumbing and Services Training Package include direct observation of tasks in real or simulated work conditions with questioning to confirm the ability to consistently identify and correctly interpret the essential underpinning knowledge required for practical application reinforce the integration of employability skills with workplace tasks and job roles confirm that competency is verified and able to be transferred to other circumstances and environments Validity and sufficiency of evidence requires that competency will need to be demonstrated over a period of time reflecting the scope of the role and the practical requirements of the workplace where the assessment is part of a structured learning experience the evidence collected must relate to a number of performances assessed at different points in time and separated by further learning and practice with a decision on competency only taken at the point when the assessor has complete confidence in the persons demonstrated ability and applied knowledge all assessment that is part of a structured learning experience must include a combination of direct indirect and supplementary evidence Assessment processes and techniques should as far as is practical take into account the language literacy and numeracy capacity of the candidate in relation to the competency being assessed Supplementary evidence of competency may be obtained from relevant authenticated documentation from third parties such as existing supervisors team leaders or specialist training staff

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Stakeholders include:	architects and designers construction managers and site supervisors federal, state or local authorities principals of the building and construction company or other relevant senior personnel regulatory bodies services authorities subcontractors.
Fee proposals require consideration of:	client profile and relationship to the building and construction company cost-benefit analysis financing options.

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