This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to supervise civil works contractors in Civil construction.

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

No licensing, legislative 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 supervision of civil works contractors including accessing, interpreting and applying:

project site soil and geological data

meteorological data

material properties and test results, including compaction test results

project site geotechnical data

project site hydrological data

project engineering survey information

project plans and drawings

project specifications

civil works test results materials properties and test results

works effectively with others to supervise civil works contractors that meets all the required outcomes including:

organising work activities to meet all task requirements

communicating clearly and concisely with others to receive and clarify work instructions

communicating clearly and concisely with others to resolve coordination requirements prior to commencing and during work activities

consulting with stakeholders

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

preparing a job plan that is to include:

human resource requirements

plant and machinery requirements

construction materials requirements

sub-contractor support requirements

waste disposal requirements

coordination requirements

activity scheduling

materials delivery scheduling

risk assessment and management requirements

Work Health And Safety requirements

quality management requirements, including testing scheduling requirements

traffic management requirements

environmental requirements

task monitoring requirements

task performance monitoring requirements

communication requirements

reporting requirements

successful supervision of civil works contractors including:

ongoing risk assessment

engineering survey

sampling and testing

recording and observation of construction practice

general supervision

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in supervising civil works contractors through:

accessing, interpreting and applying legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures for:

risk assessment and management

statutory compliance

work, health and safety

environmental management

quality management

work zone traffic management

contract management

communication

administration

plant, equipment and tools maintenance

recording and reporting

employment

workplace relationship

organisational and site operational obligations

materials quality and delivery requirements and procedures

the relationship between various areas of civil works

civil works plant and equipment capabilities and limitations

using team leadership techniques

works planning techniques

civil works monitoring methods

engineering survey principles

mentoring techniques

civil works construction sequencing

set out requirements and procedures

road geometry

drainage requirements

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