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CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services

Training Package

IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Version 1Released 5 June 2015

Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council

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About CPSISC and its industry sectors

About CPSISCConstruction and Property Services Industry Skills Council (CPSISC) represents the workforce training and skills development needs of the construction and property services industries.

More than 1.8 million Australians work in over 526,000 enterprises within the sector. Together these workers and companies contribute greatly to Australia's infrastructure by underpinning the nation's economic and social fabric.

CPSISC is the official skills development voice of the construction and property services industries in Australia. It develops, manages and distributes nationally recognised Training Packages and associated training and assessment materials.

CPSISC is committed to encouraging recruitment to meet current skill shortages and the future demand for a skilled workforce.

Refer www.cpsisc.com.au for more information.

About the construction, plumbing and services sectorsIn economic terms the construction industry is a major segment of the Australian economy, employing nearly 900,000 people, with half of this workforce in the housing sector. The industry is characterised by contracting labour, and with less than three people per firm, the norm is micro businesses with owners working directly in a trade area, rather than just business management. The trend toward contracting labour, and increasingly labour hire rather than direct employment, is more pronounced in the general construction industry than in any other.

CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package covers occupations and job roles in general and off-site construction, plumbing and services; from entry level to management.

Building techniques used in the construction industry have undergone changes in recent years, with significant technological advances in prefabrication, energy efficiency and project management tools. These advancements have affected a wide range of fields, from materials (concrete, metal pre-casting and alternative wood products), management methods (subcontracting, prefabrication and project management) and innovations (robotics, computer aided design and electronically linked project management teams). The benefits of technological advancement for the industry are seen in increased productivity, new capital equipment and the improved energy efficiency of buildings.

The plumbing and services sector is driven technically by public health and environmental requirements arising from the water industry and the need for proper sanitation. Sustainable and environmentally friendly practices are also driving the sector. The ongoing need to protect the environment from ozone depleting substances, and the search for alternative energy methods and water saving measures will require that plumbers of the future have a major impact on addressing environmental requirements in their everyday activities and have the appropriate education to enable them to do so. Technology impacts on this sector in various ways. Changes to the type of equipment used by plumbers have seen such things as the introduction of video cameras to inspect for hidden leaks in drainage systems or hydro jets, and high pressure hydraulic pumps connected to steel cables for trench-less sewer line replacement. Additionally, the introduction of new materials such as recycled plastic piping requires upskilling the workforce to learn new methods of handling and installation.

Contents

About CPSISC and its industry sectors....................................................................................Part A: Overview information.....................................................................................................

1 Purpose of this Guide...........................................................................................................................2 About Training Packages......................................................................................................................3 About CPC Training Package...............................................................................................................

3.1 CPC version control and modification history....................................................................................33.2 CPC codes........................................................................................................................................33.3 CPC qualifications, skill sets and units of competency.....................................................................43.4 Mapping of CPC qualifications, skill sets and units of competency...................................................73.5 Imported units in CPC qualifications...............................................................................................133.6 Prerequisite units in CPC................................................................................................................13

4 Key work and skill requirements in CPC.............................................................................................4.1 Building surveying...........................................................................................................................144.2 Fire system design..........................................................................................................................144.3 High risk work..................................................................................................................................14

5 Regulatory and licensing implications for implementation..................................................................5.1 Licensing requirements for building surveying................................................................................155.2 Licensing requirements for fire system design managers...............................................................155.3 Licensing requirements for concrete placing boom operators.........................................................16

Part B: Implementation Information........................................................................................1 Key features of CPC and the industry that impact on selecting training pathways.............................2 Industry sectors and occupational outcomes of CPC qualifications....................................................

2.1 Industry sectors and competency fields in CPC qualifications........................................................182.2 Occupational outcomes of CPC qualifications................................................................................18

3 Entry requirements for CPC qualifications..........................................................................................4 Pathways advice in line with requirements of the AQF Pathways Policy............................................

4.1 Pathways advice for building surveying..........................................................................................204.2 Pathways advice for fire system design..........................................................................................20

5 Access and equity considerations.......................................................................................................6 Foundation skills.................................................................................................................................7 Industry health and safety implications...............................................................................................

7.1 Building surveying...........................................................................................................................237.2 Fire system design..........................................................................................................................237.3 Concrete placing boom operators...................................................................................................24

8 Resources and equipment relevant to CPC........................................................................................8.1 Building surveying...........................................................................................................................248.2 Fire system design..........................................................................................................................248.3 High risk work licence unit...............................................................................................................25

9 Legal considerations for learners........................................................................................................

Part C: Links...............................................................................................................................1 Useful industry links............................................................................................................................2 General links.......................................................................................................................................3 State training authorities.....................................................................................................................

CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package Implementation Guide Version 1

CPSISC Office Use Only: FD.01

Part A: Overview information

1 Purpose of this GuideThis Implementation Guide supports the CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package. It has been developed to assist trainers, assessors and registered training organisations (RTOs) as well as other users of the Training Package by providing information on the structure and contents of the Training Package, as well as other guidance material.

2 About Training PackagesA Training Package is an integrated set of nationally endorsed competency standards, assessment requirements and Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) qualifications for a specific industry, industry sector or enterprise.

Each Training Package: provides a consistent and reliable set of components for training, and for recognising and

assessing learners’ skills; and may also have optional support materials enables nationally recognised qualifications to be awarded through direct assessment of

workplace competencies encourages the development and delivery of flexible training that suits learner and

industry requirements strongly encourages learning and assessment in a work-related environment, which

leads to verifiable workplace outcomes.

Training Packages specify the skills and knowledge required to perform effectively in the workplace. They do not prescribe how an individual should be trained. Trainers and supervisors develop learning strategies ‒ the ‘how’ ‒ depending on learner needs, abilities and circumstances.

The Training Package Development and Endorsement Process Policy ensures that qualifications, units of competency and assessment requirements are developed to an agreed quality standard and are responsive to industry’s existing and future demand for new skills.

The following key principles underpin the process. Open and inclusive industry-driven continuous improvement, validation and endorsement

of Training Packages. Strong and clear key stakeholder roles with critical points of intervention and consultation. Highly responsive process, capable of meeting industry needs and priorities for new

skills. Industry Skills Council (ISC) responsibility and accountability for the quality and relevance

of Training Packages.

More information about Training Packages may be found at: http://industry.gov.au/skills/TrainingPackages/Pages/default.aspx



http://industry.gov.au/skills/TrainingPackages/Pages/default.aspx

The CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package consists of the following endorsed components. Units of competency, which specify the standards of performance required in the

workplace. Assessment requirements, which are associated with each unit of competency and

specify the performance evidence, knowledge evidence and assessment conditions for assessment.

Qualifications, which comply with the AQF specification for that qualification type, and describe a combination of units of competency that provide a meaningful outcome at an industry or enterprise level.

Credit arrangements, which specify any arrangements that exist between the Training Package qualifications and higher education qualifications (at the time of endorsement of CPC Training Package no national credit arrangements exist).

Delivery and assessment of Training PackagesTraining and assessment for the purpose of national recognition must be conducted by an RTO with the qualifications and specific units of competency on its scope of registration. RTOs wishing to deliver material not on their scope of registration will need to work in partnership with RTOs that do have the material on scope.

The Department of Education and Training (DET) is responsible for setting out the competency standards required by vocational education and training (VET) trainers and assessors who deliver nationally recognised training and assessment services.

The current determination came into effect from 1 July 2013 and may be viewed at http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/NationalStandards/Documents/DeterminationforTrainerandAssessorCompetencies.pdf.

RTOs are responsible for ensuring that training and assessment are conducted by appropriately qualified practitioners and comply with the relevant requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015 (http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L01377).

Additional information relating to assessment and assessors is contained in the assessment requirements template for each unit of competency.

Reasonable adjustmentReasonable adjustment refers to adjustments that can be made to the way in which evidence of candidate performance can be collected. While reasonable adjustments can be made in terms of the way in which evidence of performance is gathered, the evidence criteria for decisions about competency – ‘competent’ or ‘not yet competent’ – and/or awarding grades should not be altered in any way. That is, the standards expected should be the same irrespective of the group and/or individual being assessed; otherwise comparability of standards will be compromised.

Assessors may need to consider and apply reasonable adjustment when conducting assessment and gathering evidence in relation to the assessment requirements of CPC units of competency.



http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L01377

http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/NationalStandards/Documents/DeterminationforTrainerandAssessorCompetencies.pdf

http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/NationalStandards/Documents/DeterminationforTrainerandAssessorCompetencies.pdf

3 About CPC Training Package

3.1 CPC version control and modif icat ion history

CPC Training Package modification history

Vers ion number

Release date Comments

1.0 5 June 2015 Primary release.

Table 1: CPC modification history table

3.2 CPC codes

Training Package codeEach Training Package has a unique national code identified by a three alpha character code followed by a concise title reflecting the industry sector. For CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package, the three alpha character code reflects: CP = ‘construction and property’ industries – a two-character code used by CPSISC to

identify the Training Packages under its coverage C = ‘construction, plumbing and services’ industry sectors.

Qualif ication codesAs represented in Figure 1 below, each qualification has a unique eight character code: the first three characters identify the Training Package the first number identifies the qualification level the next two numbers identify the position of the qualification in the sequence of

qualifications at that level the last two numbers identify the year in which the qualification was endorsed.

Figure 1: Key to CPC qualification codes



Year of qualification endorsement

Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package

First AQF level 8 qualification in CPC

AQF level

15018CPC

Unit of competency codesAs represented in Figure 2 below, each unit of competency has a unique ten character code: the first three characters identify the Training Package the next three characters identify the industry sector the first number indicates the nominal AQF level of the unit the last three numbers identify the position of the unit in the sequence of units in the

sector.

Figure 2: Key to CPC unit codes

3.3 CPC qual i f icat ions, ski l l sets and units of competency

Training Package quali f icationsQualifications comprise units of competency that together support an industry-agreed job role. Qualifications typically comprise a number of mandatory core units that are required across the entire industry and a number of elective units that can be chosen to suit industry sector, and regulatory, enterprise, professional or individual requirements.

CPC qualif icationsThe initial release of CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package contains three qualifications, which comply with all aspects of the AQF 2013 descriptor for their qualification type.

The AQF provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent framework for all qualifications in post-compulsory education and training in Australia. In the VET sector it assists national consistency for all trainees, learners, employers and providers by enabling national recognition of qualifications and Statements of Attainment. For a full explanation of the AQF, refer to the AQF Second Edition (January 2013), which may be found at www.aqf.edu.au .



First unitfor the sector

Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package

Nominal AQF level

Fire systemdesign sector

0018SFSCPC

http://www.aqf.edu.au/

CPC qualifications

Code and t i t le

CPC60115 Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying

CPC80115 Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management

CPC80215 Graduate Diploma of Building Surveying

No other CPC qualifications were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 2: List of CPC qualifications

CPC skil l setsSkill sets are groups of units of competency that reflect a cohesive industry outcome, but one which is insufficient for a full AQF award. Skill sets may provide a bridge between qualifications, and respond to regulatory needs or an identified emerging skill area.

CPC skill sets

Code and t i t le

CPCSS00004 Provide building surveying services for residential buildings up to three storeys

No other CPC skill sets were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 3: List of CPC skill sets

CPC units of competencyA unit of competency is a specification of industry skills and knowledge and the application of those skills and knowledge to the standard of performance required in the workplace.

Every CPC unit of competency has associated assessment requirements that describe the evidence and required conditions for assessment.

CPC units of competency

Code and t i t le

CPCCBS6001 Research and evaluate construction methods and materials for residential buildings to three storeys

CPCCBS6002 Research and evaluate construction methods and materials for commercial buildings to three storeys

CPCCBS6003 Apply legal and ethical requirements to building surveying functions

CPCCBS6004 Assess and advise on compliance of design documentation for residential buildings to three storeys

CPCCBS6005 Assess and advise on compliance of design documentation for commercial buildings to three storeys

CPCCBS6006 Process planning applications for residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6007 Process planning applications for commercial buildings up to three storeys




Code and t i t le

CPCCBS6008 Process building applications for residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6009 Process building applications for commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6010 Conduct and report on building surveying audits of residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6011 Conduct and report on building surveying audits of commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6012 Conduct and report on initial construction inspections of residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6013 Conduct and report on initial construction inspections of commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6014 Conduct and report on advanced and final inspections of residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6015 Conduct and report on advanced and final inspections of commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6016 Assess and advise on performance-based solutions for buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6017 Monitor and advise on construction and compliance upgrade work on buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS8001 Manage building surveying risks and ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards

CPCCBS8002 Manage information on construction methods, materials and services for a building surveying team

CPCCBS8003 Manage information on compliance requirements for a building surveying team

CPCCBS8004 Advise on compliance of building design documentation

CPCCBS8005 Manage planning approval processes for all building types

CPCCBS8006 Manage building approval processes for all building types

CPCCBS8007 Monitor building work and advise on compliance issues

CPCCBS8008 Conduct and manage the completion of building inspections and audits

CPCCBS8009 Lead a building surveying team

CPCCBS8010 Liaise and coordinate with head contractors on building projects

CPCCBS8011 Assess and advise on performance-based solutions for all types of buildings

CPCCLBM3001 Licence to operate a concrete placing boom

CPCMCM8001 Plan and manage complex projects

CPCMCM8002 Manage the quality of projects and processes




Code and t i t le

CPCSFS8001 Define scope of and initiate special hazard fire systems design projects

CPCSFS8002 Analyse, design and evaluate complex special hazard fire systems

CPCSFS8003 Develop and submit tenders for fire systems design solutions

No other CPC units of competency were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 4: List of CPC units of competency

3.4 Mapping of CPC qual i f icat ions, ski l l sets and units of competency

Mapping of CPC qualif icationsThe mapping table below details the qualifications in Version 1 of CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package, with comments on its relationship to qualifications in the latest version (Version 9) of CPC08.

Mapping of CPC qualifications

Code and t i t le Relat ionship to CPC08 V9

Comments E q u i v a l e n t / N o t e q u i v a l e n t



Revised qualification deemed not equivalent to CPC60108

Qualification packaging amended

All CPC60108 units of competency reviewed, redeveloped and deemed not equivalent

Relevant content from the now deleted CPC50108 Diploma of Building Surveying integrated as appropriate into CPC60115 units

New units developed

N


CPC70109 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management

Revised qualification title in line with AQF requirements

Re-designed qualification and associated units of competency to meet Standards for Training Packages

E



Mapping of CPC qualifications




New qualification

No other CPC qualifications were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 5: Mapping of CPC qualifications

Mapping of CPC ski l l setsThe mapping table below details the skill set in Version 1 of CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package, with comments on its relationship to qualifications in the latest version (Version 9) of CPC08.

Mapping of CPC skill sets



CPCSS00004 Provide building surveying services for residential buildings up to three storeys

New skill set

No other CPC skill sets were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 6: Mapping of CPC skill sets

Mapping of CPC units of competencyThe mapping table below details the units of competency in CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package Version 1 with comments on their relationship to units in CPC08 CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package Version 9.

Mapping of CPC units of competency



CPCCBS6001 Research and evaluate construction methods and materials for residential buildings to three storeys

CPCCSV6005A Evaluate services layout and connection methods for residential and commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6006A Evaluate the use of concrete for residential and

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6005A Evaluate services layout and connection methods for residential and commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6006A Evaluate the use of concrete for residential and commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6015A Analyse and present building

N






commercial buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6015A Analyse and present building surveying research information

surveying research information

CPCCBS6002 Research and evaluate construction methods and materials for commercial buildings to three storeys


New unit based on:


N

CPCCBS6003 Apply legal and ethical requirements to building surveying functions

CPCCSV6011A Apply legal procedures to building surveying

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6011A Apply legal procedures to building surveying

N

CPCCBS6004 Assess and advise on compliance of design documentation for residential buildings to three storeys

CPCCSV6008A Apply building codes and standards to buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6016A Apply building surveying procedures to buildings up to three storeys

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6008A Apply building codes and standards to buildings up to three storeys


N

CPCCBS6005 Assess and advise on compliance of design documentation for commercial buildings to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6006 Process planning applications for residential buildings up to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6007 Process planning applications for commercial buildings up to

New unit






three storeys

CPCCBS6008 Process building applications for residential buildings up to three storeys


New unit based on:


N

CPCCBS6009 Process building applications for commercial buildings up to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6010 Conduct and report on building surveying audits of residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6001A Assess the construction of buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6003A Assess construction faults in buildings up to three storeys

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6001A Assess the construction of buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6003A Assess construction faults in buildings up to three storeys

N

CPCCBS6011 Conduct and report on building surveying audits of commercial buildings up to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6012 Conduct and report on initial construction inspections of residential buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6004A Apply footing and geomechanical design principles to buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6007A Assess structural requirements for buildings up to three storeys

New unit based on:


CPCCSV6007A Assess structural requirements for buildings up to three storeys

N

CPCCBS6013 Conduct and report on initial construction inspections of commercial buildings up to three storeys


CPCCSV6007A

New unit based on:


CPCCSV6007A Assess structural requirements for

N






Assess structural requirements for buildings up to three storeys

buildings up to three storeys

CPCCBS6014 Conduct and report on advanced and final inspections of residential buildings up to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6015 Conduct and report on advanced and final inspections of commercial buildings up to three storeys

New unit

CPCCBS6016 Assess and advise on performance-based solutions for buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6009A Implement performance-based codes and risk management principles for buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6010A Apply fire technology to buildings up to three storeys

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6009A Implement performance-based codes and risk management principles for buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6010A Apply fire technology to buildings up to three storeys

N

CPCCBS6017 Monitor and advise on construction and compliance upgrade work on buildings up to three storeys

CPCCSV6013A Coordinate building refurbishment

New unit based on:

CPCCSV6013A Coordinate building refurbishment

N

CPCCBS8001 Manage building surveying risks and ensure compliance with ethical and professional standards

New unit

CPCCBS8002 Manage information on construction methods, materials and services for a building surveying team

New unit

CPCCBS8003 Manage information on compliance requirements for a building surveying team

New unit

CPCCBS8004 Advise on New unit






compliance of building design documentation

CPCCBS8005 Manage planning approval processes for all building types

New unit

CPCCBS8006 Manage building approval processes for all building types

New unit

CPCCBS8007 Monitor building work and advise on compliance issues

New unit

CPCCBS8008 Conduct and manage the completion of building inspections and audits

New unit

CPCCBS8009 Lead a building surveying team

New unit

CPCCBS8010 Liaise and coordinate with head contractors on building projects

New unit

CPCCBS8011 Assess and advise on performance-based solutions for all types of buildings

New unit

CPCCLBM3001 Licence to operate a concrete placing boom

CPCCLBM3001A Licence to operate a concrete placing boom

Re-designed unit in line with Standards for Training Packages

N

CPCMCM8001 Plan and manage complex projects

CPCMCM7001A Plan and manage complex projects


E

CPCMCM8002 Manage the quality of projects and processes

CPCMCM7002A Manage the quality of projects and processes


E

CPCSFS8001 Define scope of and initiate special hazard fire systems design projects

CPCSFS7001A Define scope of and initiate special hazard fire systems design projects


E

CPCSFS8002 Analyse, design CPCSFS7002A Re-designed unit in line with E






and evaluate complex special hazard fire systems

Analyse, design and evaluate complex special hazard fire systems

Standards for Training Packages

CPCSFS8003 Develop and submit tenders for fire systems design solutions

CPCSFS7003A Develop and submit tenders for fire systems design solutions


E

No other native CPC units were added, removed or changed in the upgrade of CPC from CPC08 Version 9.

Table 7: Mapping of CPC units of competency

3.5 Imported units in CPC qual i f icat ions

The table below lists imported units in CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package Version 1 qualifications and their parent Training Package.

Imported units of competency in CPC (V1) qualifications

Code and t i t le Paren t T ra in ing Package

There are no imported units in the qualifications in Version 1 of CPC N/A

Table 8: Imported units of competency in CPC qualifications

3.6 Prerequisi te units in CPC

Individual prerequisite requirements are specified in a unit of competency and must be assessed and awarded prior to a learner being awarded the unit that has a prerequisite.

There are no units of competency in CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package with prerequisite unit requirements.

4 Key work and skil l requirements in CPC

4.1 Bui lding surveying

Building surveyors play a vital role in ensuring the integrity and compliance of the nation’s buildings. They oversee, to varying levels, the work of other professionals in the construction industry.

Building surveyors must assess and verify that proposed and actual building works satisfy compliance requirements that extend to energy efficiency; fire safety; access to premises for people with disabilities; and processes to ensure safe work environments, such as the management of asbestos in buildings.



In addition, depending on the role of the building surveyor and the requirements of the authority issuing permits, building surveyors may also need to understand and respond to requirements of specific buildings, including those with heritage values or where food safety or public safety and amenity are of concern and codified.

Building surveyors must have a thorough understanding of complex planning and legislative requirements, as well as of building codes and standards. Their role bears significant professional risk, and is central to ensuring that the community is well served by the buildings that are constructed within it.

Increasingly, experienced building surveyors also offer consulting advice to property developers and builders about strategies to ensure compliance with federal and state building legislation and local planning policies. Practitioners must also be aware of their legal and ethical responsibilities, ensuring that there is no conflict of interest when they provide code-consulting advice and, where conflict exists, excluding themselves from undertaking certification responsibilities for those projects.

4.2 Fire system design

This small, niche sector is of great importance, given the vital work fire system designers do in ensuring public safety and the protection of human life and built assets.

The National Fire Industry Association (NFIA) and the Fire Protection Association Australia (FPAA) played a central and active role in the project steering committee for this version release, not only in the development of the original fire systems design qualification and units of competency but also in this latest version of the Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management, which has been re-designed to ensure compliance with the national Standards for Training Packages. This re-design of the qualification has also included revising the qualification’s title in line with AQF requirements which no longer include the word 'Vocational' in graduate qualifications.

4.3 High r isk work

The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations list the work that requires a high risk work licence.

High risk work includes scaffolding, dogging and rigging work. It also involves using cranes, forklifts, reach stackers, boilers and boom-type elevating work platforms. In most instances, carrying out high risk work requires a licence to undertake that type of work. The licence to operate a concrete placing boom unit is the first to undergo redesign within the suite of high risk work units to be included in the CPC Training Package.

5 Regulatory and licensing implications for implementation

5.1 Licensing requirements for bui ld ing surveying

Building surveying is subject to various and different licensing requirements across the states and territories. It is likely that following the inclusion of building surveying qualifications into CPC Version 1, licensing requirements will be revised by the various state regulators. RTOs and other users will need to contact the relevant regulatory authority when seeking advice for candidates for licensing purposes.



State and territory building surveying regulators

State Regulator

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

ACT Planning and Land Authoritywww.actpla.act.gov.au

New South Wales (NSW) Building Professionals Board, Department of Planningwww.bpb.nsw.gov.au

Northern Territory (NT) Building Practitioners Board, Department of Lands and Planningwww.nt.gov.au/bpb

Queensland (QLD) Queensland Building and Construction Commissionwww.qbcc.qld.gov.au

South Australia (SA) Government of South Australiawww.sa.gov.au

Tasmania (TAS) Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resourceswww.justice.tas.gov.au

Victoria (VIC) Victorian Building Authoritywww.vba.vic.gov.au

Western Australia (WA) Building Commissionwww.buildingcommission.wa.gov.au

Table 9: State and territory building surveying regulators

5.2 Licensing requirements for f i re system design managers

At the time of endorsement of Version 1 of this Training Package, no licensing, legislative, regulatory, accreditation or certification requirements apply to this qualification.

Fire systems design managers, companies and personnel must comply with environmental, industrial and work health and safety (WHS) legislation and regulations.

The work health and safety regulators for each state and territory are listed in the Industry health and safety implications section of this Guide (page 23).

5.3 Licensing requirements for concrete placing boom operators

The re-designed unit, CPCCLBM3001 Licence to operate a concrete placing boom, is based on the licensing requirements of Part 4.5 of the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations, High Risk Work, and meets commonwealth, state and territory high risk work licensing requirements to operate all types of concrete placing booms in all jurisdictions.

Licensing units of competency may be packaged into a qualification, included in a skill set, or delivered and assessed as stand-alone units. The National Standard for Licensing Persons Performing High Risk Work provides the overarching regulatory framework for the delivery and assessment of licensing units of competency.

State and territory WHS authorities have mandated the use of assessment instruments for high risk work licensing units of competency. The assessment instruments have been endorsed by Safe Work Australia, the national body responsible for implementing WHS legislation. For further information, contact your state or territory WHS authority.





Part B: Implementation Information

1 Key features of CPC and the industry that impact on selecting training pathwaysTo meet the demands of industry and the requirements of VET stakeholders, Training Packages and the qualifications and units they contain are subject to change, including continuous improvement processes.

Training Packages are version controlled and users are advised to check training.gov.au for the latest version of CPC. From 2015 onwards, further versions of this Training Package will be released as more qualifications, skill sets and units of competency are transitioned into CPC from CPC08.

Maintaining currency in CPCTo effectively deliver units of competency from CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package, trainers and assessors will need to maintain currency of knowledge, skills and industry experience.

CPSISC strongly recommends that to maintain their vocational currency, trainers and assessors should have undertaken work experience or professional development related to the industry sector for the respective qualification within the past two years.

Assessment conditionsThe assessment requirements document that relates to each CPC unit of competency contains an Assessment Conditions section that lists a range of requirements for assessment, typically under the following categories: equipment materials specifications relationships with team member and supervisor relationship with clients.

Where training and assessment are conducted in a real work site, safety and workplace induction requirements for RTO staff and learners may apply. In these situations, RTOs must ensure that any requirements to access and operate on the work site are met. This may include the safe handling and operation of plant, equipment and materials.

When training and assessment are conducted in a close simulation to the workplace, RTOs are also required to ensure that safety requirements related to the simulated work site (including plant, equipment and materials) are met.



http://www.training.gov.au/

2 Industry sectors and occupational outcomes of CPC qualif ications

2.1 Industry sectors and competency f ie lds in CPC qual i f icat ions

The table below details the sectors and competency fields covered in CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package.

Industry sectors and competency fields covered in CPC

Sector Competency f ie ld Code ident i f ier

Construction Building surveying BS

Construction High risk licensing CL

Common Management MCM

Plumbing and services Fire system design SFS

Table 10: Industry sectors and competency fields covered in CPC

2.2 Occupational outcomes of CPC qual if icat ions

Qualifications in Training Packages are usually aligned to occupational outcomes for each of the industry-specific sectors.

Occupational outcomes of CPC qualifications

Qual i f icat ion Occupat ional outcome Comments


Building surveyorBuilding certifierCommonly represented by job titles such as ‘Assistant Building Surveyor’, ‘Local Authority Building Manager’, and ‘Building Surveyor’.

The role entails, in part: providing code consulting

services for limited building classes and sizes (not a major component of work)

acting as a certifying authority (planning and building approval), if not code consultant to the project

conducting critical stage and defect inspections

conducting inspections of existing buildings, e.g. for fire safety compliance.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to building surveying in some States. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm those requirements.



Occupational outcomes of CPC qualifications

Qual i f icat ion Occupat ional outcome Comments


The Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management provides senior managers in the fire systems design sector with the competencies required to perform wide-ranging tasks while also exercising in-depth technical skills and knowledge, particularly in the area of special hazard fire suppression and detection systems.

No licensing, legislative, regulatory, accreditation or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of endorsement


Experienced and senior building surveyorExperienced building certifierCommonly represented by job titles such as ‘Senior Building Surveyor’, ‘Structural Engineer/ Building Surveyor’, and ‘Coordinator Building Compliance and Certification’.

The role entails, in part: providing code consulting

services for all building classes and sizes

acting as a certifying authority (planning and building approval), if not code consultant to the project

conducting and signing off on critical stage and defect inspections

conducting inspections of existing buildings, e.g. for fire safety compliance.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to building surveying in some States. Relevant state and territory regulatory authorities should be consulted to confirm those requirements.

Table 11: Occupational outcomes of CPC qualifications



3 Entry requirements for CPC qualif icationsEntry requirements are the skills, knowledge and experience required to enter a qualification. These requirements may be expressed in terms of competency from a lower level qualification or vocational expertise – including job roles – or both; and where they exist, they must be demonstrated prior to entering the qualification or being issued the qualification.

Where entry requirements exist for a qualification, they are stipulated at qualification outset.

4 Pathways advice in l ine with requirements of the AQF Pathways PolicyThe AQF provides a comprehensive, nationally consistent framework for qualifications in compulsory post-education and training in Australia. The framework helps to provide consistency in the VET sector for all trainees, learners, employers and providers by enabling recognition of qualifications and Statements of Attainment. The framework enables learners to have flexible pathways than can cover more than one provider, pathways that are horizontal (across AQF qualifications at the same level) and vertical (between qualifications at different levels), and eliminates unnecessary and unfair barriers to AQF qualifications.

4.1 Pathways advice for bui lding surveying

The Advanced Diploma of Building Surveying and the new building surveying skill set provide a pathway to new entrants seeking a career as building surveyors. Along with the Graduate Diploma of Building Surveying, they also provide a pathway for experienced construction workers looking for a career change and wanting to expand their knowledge of building surveying.

The Graduate Diploma of Building Surveying also provides the opportunity for senior, experienced building surveyors to have their skills and knowledge recognised with a formal qualification.

4.2 Pathways advice for f i re system design

CPC80115 Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management was designed to provide a pathway for a range of workers by offering a defined training pathway for new entrants seeking a career in fire systems design.

The qualification is also suitable for existing workers within allied areas, such as tradespeople and computer-aided design (CAD) operators, to further build and deepen their skills and move into fire systems design. The qualification is also suitable for experienced practitioners in the fire systems design management sector seeking recognition of their existing skills and knowledge and for those who have undertaken the Diploma of Fire Systems Design in the Construction, Property and Services Training Package.

Graduates of CPC80115 Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management have the opportunity to advance to a Graduate Diploma in Fire Safety Engineering, currently available in the higher education sector.

No apprenticeship pathways are declared for this qualification.

Credit arrangements for CPC quali f icationsAt the time of endorsement of CPC Training Package no national credit arrangements exist between qualifications in CPC and higher education qualifications.



5 Access and equity considerationsAn individual’s access to the assessment process should not be adversely affected by restrictions placed on the location or context of assessment beyond the requirements specified in the CPCCPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package and must be bias-free.

Training Packages must reflect and cater for the increasing diversity of Australia’s VET clients and Australia’s current and future workforce. The flexibilities offered by Training Packages should enhance opportunities and potential outcomes for all people so that we can all benefit from a wider national skills base and a shared contribution to Australia’s economic development and social and cultural life.

Reasonable adjustmentIt is important that education providers take meaningful, transparent and reasonable steps to consult, consider and implement reasonable adjustments for disadvantaged learners.

Under the Disability Standards for Education 2005, education providers must make reasonable adjustments for people with a disability to the maximum extent that those adjustments do not cause that provider unjustifiable hardship. While ‘reasonable adjustment’ and ‘unjustifiable hardship’ are different concepts and involve different considerations, they both seek to strike a balance between the interests of education providers and the interests of people with and without disability.

An adjustment is any measure or action that a learner requires because of their disability, and which has the effect of assisting the learner to access and participate in education and training on the same basis as those without a disability. An adjustment is reasonable if it achieves this purpose while taking into account factors such as the nature of the learner’s disability, the views of the learner, the potential effect of the adjustment on the learner and others who might be affected, and the costs and benefits of making the adjustment.

An education provider is also entitled to maintain the academic integrity of a course or program and to consider the requirements or components that are inherent or essential to its nature when assessing whether an adjustment is reasonable.

The Disability Standards for Education 2005 and the Disability Standards for Education Guidance Notes may be downloaded at http://education.gov.au/disability-standards-education



6 Foundation skil lsThe term ‘foundation skills’ in CPC units of competency is used to describe language, literacy and numeracy skills that are essential to performance in the unit. CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package uses the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) performance feature information to describe the nature of the foundation skills demanded by the unit.

The ACSF has been developed to facilitate a consistent national approach to identifying and developing core skills in diverse personal, community, work, and education and training contexts.

It provides a rich, detailed picture of real life performance in the five core skills of: learning reading writing oral communication numeracy.

It offers: shared concepts and language for identifying, describing and discussing core skills a systematic approach to benchmarking, monitoring and reporting on core skill

performance. (Source: DEEWR, Revised ACSF: 2012)

The ACSF is a freely available government-developed tool that describes language, literacy and numeracy (or core) skills in the numerous contexts in which individuals work, learn and communicate. The ACSF is a key component of the infrastructure which exists to support and improve adult learning. The ACSF is recognised by all state and territory governments.

It may be accessed via http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/ForTrainingProviders/AustralianCoreSkillsFramework/Pages/default.aspx

In CPC units of competency, foundation skill descriptors have been adapted using the ACSF as a reference point, in order to provide an example of the foundation skills required for the successful performance of the unit in the areas of learning, reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy.

RTOs are advised to assess foundations skills (language literacy and numeracy [LLN]) of prospective candidates prior to them enrolling in the qualification or related units of competency. Each RTO will need to make a decision as to whether the individual candidate possesses the LLN skills to successfully complete the qualification and what additional support the candidate will require to successfully undertake the qualification.



http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/ForTrainingProviders/AustralianCoreSkillsFramework/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/ForTrainingProviders/AustralianCoreSkillsFramework/Pages/default.aspx

7 Industry health and safety implications


Along with other professionals, building surveyors are responsible for making sure that buildings are safe for building occupants. Building surveyors have an impact on the design, planning and functionality of buildings and also detect and diagnose problems with design issues, construction techniques and materials. They manage the inspection process from foundations through to completion.


Fire system design managers need to be aware of Safe Work Australia’s Safe Design of Structures – Code of Practice, July 2012. This model Code of Practice has been developed to provide practical guidance to persons conducting a business who design systems that will be used, or could reasonably be expected to be used, as a workplace. This includes architects, building designers, fire system designers and engineers. The Code is also relevant for anyone making decisions that influence the design outcome, such as clients, developers and builders. The Code of Practice may be accessed via: http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/safe-design-of-structures

To have legal effect in a jurisdiction, the model Code of Practice must be adopted as a code of practice in that jurisdiction. To determine if this model Code of Practice has been adopted in a particular jurisdiction, check with the relevant WHS regulator listed in the following table.

State and territory work health and safety regulators

State Regulator

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)

Office of Regulatory Services

http://www.ors.act.gov.au

New South Wales (NSW) WorkCover New South Wales

www.workcover.nsw.gov.au

Northern Territory (NT) NT WorkSafe

www.worksafe.nt.gov.au

Queensland (QLD) Fair and Safe Work

http://www.justice.qld.gov.au

South Australia (SA) SafeWork SA

www.safework.sa.gov.au

Tasmania (TAS) Workplace Standards Tasmania

http://worksafe.tas.gov.au/home

Victoria (VIC) WorkSafe Victoria

www.worksafe.vic.gov.au

Western Australia (WA) Department of Commerce (Worksafe Division)



http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/

http://worksafe.tas.gov.au/home

http://www.safework.sa.gov.au/

http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/

http://www.worksafe.nt.gov.au/

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/

http://www.ors.act.gov.au/

http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/safe-design-of-structures

http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/about/publications/pages/safe-design-of-structures

State and territory work health and safety regulators

State Regulator

http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe

Table 12: State and territory work health and safety regulators

7.3 Concrete placing boom operators

The operation of all types of concrete placing booms, be it tower-mounted boom operation or mobile boom operation, is a licensed occupation involving high risk work that brings with it the potential for serious injury.

For further details it is recommended to check with the relevant WHS regulator listed in Table 12 above.

8 Resources and equipment relevant to CPCAssessment requirements documents will specify any mandatory resource and equipment requirements for assessing a unit of competency in their Assessment Conditions sections.

For information on resources and equipment, Training Package users are also advised to check the Range of Conditions section of CPC units of competency. These Range of Conditions sections specify essential operating conditions that affect the performance of a unit. RTOs will need to have resources and equipment to address the Range of Conditions items as part of the training and assessment of these units.


The Assessment Conditions section of the assessment requirements associated with each unit of competency specify any mandatory resource and equipment requirements for assessment. For further information on resources and equipment, Training Package users are also advised to check the Range of Conditions section of CPC units of competency, which specify essential operating conditions that affect the performance of a unit. To train and assess these building surveying units of competency RTOs will need to have resources and equipment that address the requirements detailed in both the Assessment Conditions and the Range of Conditions.


Resources were developed to support delivery and assessment of the previous version of this qualification – CPC70109 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Fire Systems Design Management. These resources, although relevant and useful, have not been updated to reflect the latest version of this qualification – CPC80115. The CPC70109 resources can be purchased from CPSISC via the CPSISC on-line resource database: CPSISC Resource Database



https://www.cpsisc.com.au/members/resource-database

https://www.cpsisc.com.au/members/resource-database

http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe

8.3 High r isk work l icence unit

The model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulations list the work that requires a high risk work licence – this includes concrete placing boom operation. The sole licensing unit currently in Version 1 of CPC, CPCCLBM3001 Licence to operate a concrete placing boom, along with other high risk work licence units has mandated national assessment instruments endorsed by Safe Work Australia that must be used by accredited assessors to satisfy jurisdictional regulators for the purpose of licensing.

9 Legal considerations for learnersLegal requirements for learners in the workplace or involved in work experience that apply to industry-specific sectors covered in CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package vary across each State and Territory and can change from time to time.

Users should contact the relevant state or territory training authorities to check if legal requirements apply (see table below).

State and territory training authorities

State Contact

Australian Capital Territory http://www.det.act.gov.au/home

New South Wales http://www.training.nsw.gov.au/

Northern Territory http://www.det.nt.gov.au

Queensland http://training.qld.gov.au

South Australia http://www.dfeest.sa.gov.au

Tasmania http://www.education.tas.gov.au

Victoria http://www.vrqa.vic.gov.au

Western Australia http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au

Table 13: State training authorities

Work placements should always involve appropriate supervision and guidance from individuals in the workplace as well as from the RTO’s trainers and assessors, and must adhere to required legislation that applies in the jurisdiction. For example, RTOs and employers must ensure that learners meet appropriate WHS requirements while on a construction site.

Apprenticeships and traineeships are formal training arrangements between an employer and an employee that have been established by a state or territory training authority. Where a qualification is used for an apprenticeship or traineeship, the training has to be recognised by the state or territory training authority. This includes the form and registration of indenture.



http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/

http://www.vrqa.vic.gov.au/

http://www.education.tas.gov.au/

http://www.dfeest.sa.gov.au/

http://training.qld.gov.au/

http://www.det.nt.gov.au/

http://www.training.nsw.gov.au/

http://www.det.act.gov.au/home

Current apprenticeship and traineeship legislation and successor legislation is defined in: Australian Capital Territory: Training and Tertiary Education Act 2003 New South Wales: Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 Northern Territory: Northern Territory Employment and Training Act 1991 Queensland: Vocational Education, Training and Employment Act 2000 South Australia: Training and Skills Development Act 2008 Tasmania: Vocational Education and Training Act 1994 Victoria: Education and Training Reform Act 2006 Western Australia: Vocational Education and Training Act 1996.



Part C: Links

1 Useful industry l inks

Industry links

Organisat ion Detai l Contact

CPSISC Resource Centre Training Packages Careers Workforce Development Workplace Communication

and WELL White Card, OHS and WHS Glossary

http://www.cpsisc.com.au/

Australian Building Controls Board

National Construction Code http://www.abcb.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Building

National Building Professionals Register

http://www.aib.org.au/

Australian Institute of Building Surveying

Accreditation http://aibs.com.au/

Fire Protection Association Australia

National peak body for fire safety http://www.fpaa.com.au/

National Fire Industry Association

Peak fire protection industry association

http://www.nfia.com.au/

2 General l inks

General links

Organisat ion Detai l Contact

Australian Apprenticeships site

Offers information about traineeships and apprenticeships and includes links to state and territory authorities that monitor provision

www.australianapprenticeships.gov.au

Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)

www.asqa.gov.au

Australian Qualifications Framework

Second Edition, January 2013 www.aqf.edu.au

Department of Education and

https://education.gov.au/



http://www.industry.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.asqa.gov.au/

http://aibs.com.au/

http://www.abcb.gov.au/

http://www.cpsisc.com.au/

General links

Organisat ion Detai l ContactTraining

Industry Skills Councils

www.isc.org.au

LiteracyNet Key information about Australian adult literacy activities and links to a range of program, professional development, resource and research sites

http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/ForTrainingProviders/LiteracyNet/Pages/default.aspx

National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults

http://www.industry.gov.au/skills/ForTrainingProviders/NationalFoundationSkillsStrategyForAdults/Pages/default.aspx

National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

VET Information Portal, Training Authorities

https://www.ncver.edu.au

TGA website Training Packages and their components

www.training.gov.au

3 State training authorit ies

State training authorities

State Contact

Australian Capital Territory http://www.det.act.gov.au/home

New South Wales http://www.training.nsw.gov.au/

Northern Territory http://www.education.nt.gov.au/

Queensland http://training.qld.gov.au/

South Australia http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/

Tasmania http://www.education.tas.gov.au

Victoria http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Western Australia http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au



http://www.dtwd.wa.gov.au/

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

http://www.education.tas.gov.au/

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/

http://training.qld.gov.au/

http://www.education.nt.gov.au/

http://www.training.nsw.gov.au/

http://www.det.act.gov.au/home

http://www.training.gov.au/

https://www.ncver.edu.au/

http://www.isc.org.au/