Elements and Performance Criteria
- Evaluate documents submitted with an application for building and land use.
- Plans, specifications and structural drawings for commercial and medium rise residential buildings are evaluated for compliance with building application process and application of building surveying procedures to commercial and residential medium rise buildings.
- Application/proposal is evaluated against legislative requirements for commercial, industrial and residential medium rise buildings.
- Components of the application for medium rise building projects requiring building surveying requiring referral to other agencies or departments are identified and forwarded according to building surveying procedures.
- 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.
- Determine compliance of a new building with approved plans, relevant legislation and standards during its construction.
- Approved plans are examined and any critical components requiring inspection and compliance checks are identified.
- Critical components identified are inspected on site for compliance with approved documentation.
- On-site problems and suggested rectification methods to achieve compliance are reported in writing according to workplace procedures.
- Rectified work is checked and formally reported to the relevant authorities to confirm compliance with statutory requirements.
- Installed services in buildings are identified for compliance.
- Compile report on an existing building of not more than three storeys and with a floor area not exceeding 2000 square metres for compliance with relevant legislation.
- Classification of an existing building is determined.
- Requirements of a particular class of building are determined and an inspection report is compiled for breach of requirements of the building.
- Possible effects to the public of the breach are determined.
- Inconsistent elements and the extent of rectification required for compliance is compiled in the report.
- Local and state or territory government legislative requirements for upgrade works are identified and reported.