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 with building application process and building surveying procedures.
- Application/proposal is evaluated against legislative requirements.
- Components of the application requiring referral to other agencies or departments are identified and forwarded.
- Common faults with application are identified, noted and reported to relevant parties.
- Notice of decision, including 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 are prepared promptly for 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 to building progress.
- Meetings are conducted with stakeholders, taking notes, preparing 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 are completed.
- Outcome of construction work is inspected prior to occupancy and reported on.
- Determine the compliance of building services with respect to building legislation.