This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to carry out inspections of civil structures in Civil Construction.

This unit is appropriate for those working in supervisory or technical roles.

No licensing, legislation or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

implements appropriate procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient inspections of civil structures including:

calculate quantities for the execution of tasks including:

volumes

grades

percentages

areas

resource consumption figures, including required supply rates

interpret civil concrete structures construction materials properties and test results

works effectively with others to plan, prepare and conduct inspections of civil structures including:

provides clear and timely instruction and supervision using a range of communication techniques to those supervising other inspecting civil structures including:

prepares for and conducts briefings, toolbox and site meeting

maintains clear and legible written records and the reporting systems including:

preparing and presenting job reports

preparing and maintaining of log books and diaries

demonstrates completion of inspections of civil structures that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

provides evidence of the consistent inspection of civil structures including:

interpreting project contract specification requirements

applying procedures to problem solve

making decisions for activity

carrying out continuous improvement in meeting task outcomes

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in carrying out inspections of civil structures through:

organisational, client and site operational requirements

relationship between various areas of civil works

team leadership techniques

works planning techniques

civil structures inspection monitoring methods

engineering survey principles

materials quality and delivery requirements and procedures

mentoring techniques

estimating principles

civil works construction sequencing

civil structures inspection and related activities’ terminology

set out requirements and procedures

works planning techniques

monitoring methods

An assessor of this unit must satisfy the requirements of the NVR/AQTF or their successors; and Industry regulations for certification and licensing; and,

this unit must be assessed in the context of this sector’s work environment; and,

this unit must be assessed in compliance with relevant legislation/regulation and using policies, procedures, processes and operational manuals directly related to the industry sector for which it is being assessed; and,

assessment may be conducted in conjunction with the assessment of other Units of Competency; and,

assessment must confirm consistent performance can be applied in a range of relevant workplace circumstances; and,

assessors must demonstrate the performance evidence, and knowledge evidence as outlined in this Unit of Competency, and through the minimum years of current* work experience specified below in an Industry sector relevant to the outcomes of the unit; or,

where the assessor does not meet experience requirements a co-assessment or partnership arrangement must exist between the qualified assessor and an Industry subject matter expert. The Industry subject matter expert should hold the unit being assessed (or an equivalent unit) and/or demonstrate equivalence of skills and knowledge at the unit level. An Industry technical expert must also demonstrate skills and knowledge from the minimum years of current work experience specified below in the Industry sector, including time spent in roles related to the unit being assessed; and,

assessor and Industry subject matter expert requirements differ depending on the Australian Qualifications Framework Level (AQF) of the qualification being assessed and/or Industry Sector as follows:

*Assessors can demonstrate current work experience through employment within Industry in a role relevant to the outcomes of the Unit; or, for external assessors this can be demonstrated through exposure to Industry by conducting frequent site assessments across various locations.

**Where a unit is being delivered outside of a Qualification the first numeric character in the Unit code should be considered to indicate the AQF level

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit. Further information is available in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package Companion Volume.

Civil construction