Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare
- Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
- Obtain, confirm and apply work instructions, including plans, specifications, quality requirements and operational details to the allotted task
- Obtain and confirm safety requirements from the site safety plan and organisational policies and procedures, and apply to the allotted task
- Identify, obtain and implement signage requirements from the project traffic management plan
- Select tools and equipment to carry out tasks consistent with the requirements of the job, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults
- Identify environmental protection requirements from the project environmental management plan, and confirm and apply to the allotted task
- Set out and prepare sections
- Identify and record underpinning requirements for adjoining properties and roadways from site drawings and surveys of the surrounding construction
- Identify and implement sections and sequence of excavations from the planned schedule for underpinning
- Check existing shoring system for soundness and conformation to specifications and design requirements
- Set out sections for excavation to underpinning specifications and schedule
- Identify and protect areas for excavation and surrounding working space requirements to provide a safe working area
- Erect barricades and signage, where required, in accordance with the site safety plan
- Position plant and equipment for excavations
- Excavate sections
- Construct underpinning
- Clean up