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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for site visit.
   • Plans, drawings and specifications for construction work are obtained, checked for currency, including latest amendments as required, and work site location is noted.
   • Construction plans, drawings and specifications are checked for inclusion of key information required for the work, and items requiring clarification are noted for discussion with relevant personnel.
   • Work site visit is scheduled with relevant personnel to confirm and clarify scope of works and job-specific details not included on plans, drawings and specifications.
2. Check work site and confirm work requirements.
   • Work site is accessed according to client and organisational requirements.
   • Layout and features of existing site are checked against plans, drawings and specifications, and items requiring clarification and observed differences in features or dimensions are noted and resolved with relevant personnel.
   • Plans, drawings, specifications and technical details for the work to be completed are confirmed, and items requiring clarification are resolved with relevant personnel.
   • Amended plans, drawings or specifications and building approval documentation are obtained, as required, and checked for accuracy.
3. Prepare information and resources for individual job tasks.
   • Work stages and individual job tasks are determined from construction plans, drawings and specifications.
   • Simple sketch or sketches are prepared for individual tasks.
   • Job tasks are sequenced and scheduled in consultation with client, project manager and other contractors, as required.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.
Plans, drawings and specifications must include five or more of the following:	cross sections detail plans elevations finishing schedules floor plans footings and slab set-outs roof framing layout site plans sectional views sub-floor and floor plans wall framing plans window and door schedules.
Layout and features must include at least four of the following:	adjacent buildings contours and contour lines datums existing structures on-site storage power, gas, water and telecommunications services reduced levels site access and egress points.

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. The person must also:

interpret at least five construction plans, drawings and specifications for three different work tasks or three different construction sites

apply the above information to prepare for work, including preparing information and a simple sketch or sketches for each task.

In doing the above, the person must also confirm the actual dimensions of at least three different elements of buildings by interpreting at least two different scales. Where there are differences in measurements, the person must refer to relevant personnel before starting work.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

essential information to be included in simple sketches for tasks specified in the performance evidence

processes for arranging work site access

processes for reporting inaccuracies identified in plans, drawings and specifications

processes for seeking amendments to inaccurate plans, drawings and specifications

methods of sequencing and scheduling job tasks

types and key features of construction plans, drawings and specifications used in construction projects

methods for representing details of construction requirements on plans, drawings and specifications

construction terminology and symbols used on plans and drawings and in job specifications.

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