Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for auditing and inspection.
- Private practice service agreement is negotiated and agreed, or council policy statement on service provision is agreed, with clients.
- Duty of care responsibilities of building surveyors for audits, inspections and certification of buildings, and individual and organisational liabilities are determined and risk management strategies developed and applied.
- Documentation required for inspections is obtained from client and specialist consultants and analysed.
- Building Code of Australia (BCA) classifications and types of buildings to be audited or inspected and applicable compliance requirements are determined.
- Conduct critical stage inspections of complex buildings.
- Own inspection tasks are identified and supplementary inspection support tasks are allocated to team members, as required.
- National Construction Code (NCC) deemed-to-satisfy provisions are analysed and applied to critical stage inspections.
- NCC performance requirements for alternative solutions are researched and applied to critical stage inspections.
- Non-compliance issues are identified and discussed with building or services contractors, and notices or orders are issued as required.
- Reports detailing work to be completed are prepared and explained to client and stakeholders as required.
- Manage critical stage inspections of construction projects.
- Documentation required for the project is obtained from client and specialist consultants and analysed.
- Project management strategies are implemented to plan and manage inspections required at different stages of project and to ensure completion within specified timeframes.
- Tasks are allocated within department or practice, according to expertise and availability of personnel, and specialist consultants are engaged and briefed as required.
- Inspections are monitored and managed and staff reports detailing work to be completed are reviewed and approved.
- Inspections are conducted, as required, and reports detailing work to be completed are prepared and explained to and negotiated with client and stakeholders as required.
- Notices of non-compliance and stop work notices are issued as required, and conflict-resolution strategies are implemented to anticipate and manage stakeholder objections.
- Conduct audits of existing buildings.
- Classifications of buildings and applicable compliance requirements are determined.
- Relevant documentation relating to building structure, services and management over lifecycle are obtained and analysed.
- Audits are scheduled and conducted and reports detailing building condition, compliance issues and work to be completed are prepared and explained to client and stakeholders as required.
- Manage audits of existing buildings.
- Nature and scope of audit are determined and appropriate internal or external personnel are allocated to project.
- Audits are scheduled, monitored and managed and staff reports detailing works to be completed are reviewed and approved.
- Conflict-resolution strategies are implemented as required to anticipate and manage stakeholder objections to contents of reports on work required.
- Audit processes are reviewed and opportunities for improving efficiency and effectiveness are identified and implemented.