Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan, administer and produce design drawings.
- Design drawings required in planning approval application documentation for small-scale building design projects are confirmed with regulatory authorities.
- Compliance requirements to be addressed in design drawings are confirmed with regulatory authorities.
- Timelines and methodologies for producing final design drawings are established and followed.
- Drawings required from technical experts are specified, commissioned and obtained.
- Design drawings are set up, named and filed according to workplace procedures.
- Refine spatial, structural and technical elements of building designs.
- Factors contributing to spatial requirements and relationships are analysed and incorporated into building designs.
- Structural systems for small-scale buildings are reviewed, in consultation with technical experts as required, and suitable systems are incorporated into building designs.
- Construction and technical elements for small-scale buildings are reviewed, in consultation with technical experts as required, and suitable elements are incorporated into building designs.
- Aesthetic fusion of design elements is visualised, analysed and refined in building designs.
- Address health and safety issues in building designs.
- Obligations of building designers for health and safety during construction and use of small-scale buildings are analysed.
- Health and safety issues specific to design team, construction team and users are researched, in consultation with client and stakeholders, and analysed.
- Risk analyses of construction and use of small-scale buildings are conducted and suitable controls selected and applied to design drawings.
- Health and safety documentation for the building is created, processed and communicated to nominated personnel according to workplace procedures.
- Refine sustainable design elements of building designs.
- Optimum sustainable construction materials and methods are selected and incorporated into building designs.
- Systems for sustainable water useare reviewed and suitable systems are incorporated into building designs.
- Energy-efficient design principles and renewable energy sources are reviewed and suitable solutions are incorporated into building designs.
- Obtain client approval of final design drawings.
- Design drawings are assessed against client and compliance requirements and anomalies are addressed.
- Design drawings are presented and explained to client and stakeholders according to workplace procedures.
- Detailed client and stakeholder feedback is encouraged and discussed, and required amendments are negotiated.
- Design drawings are amended as required, and client approval is obtained, documented and processed according to workplace procedures.