Employability skill 

Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: 

Communication 

• Communicates effectively with a range of relevant parties through a range of media
• Articulates complex ideas clearly
• Interprets a range of complex and technical documents, including relevant regulatory, legislative, licensing and registration requirements, codes and standards, plans, drawings and specifications, schedules, development approvals, site files, contracts, and organisational policies and procedures
• Analyses and evaluates reports and reference materials
• Understands relevant definitions, terminology, symbols and language
• Reports and records project costs
• Maintains and checks logs, records and documents
• Prepares a range of documents, including construction contracts, plans, sketches and drawings and specifications, reports, tenders, schedules, building applications and submissions and file notes
• Negotiates conflict and dispute resolution
• Analyses a range of data, including company and stakeholder resource consumption and waste product volumes

Teamwork 

• Coordinates a range of team members and activities
• Keeps team informed of work practices, quality requirements and required actions
• Discusses ideas with team members
• Seeks expert advice where appropriate
• Works collaboratively with relevant stakeholders
• Understands various stakeholders' roles
• Relates positively to fellow workers and the management team
• Relates to people from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with varying physical and mental abilities

Problem solving 

• Assesses structural integrity of residential and commercial low rise buildings
• Performs various calculations relating to rise and fall amounts, estimating resource acquisition and costs, drawing dimensions, comparisons of alternative water management systems; waste management minimisation strategies; and thermal efficiency, rated capacity and working load limits and budgeting and forecasting.
• Examines tools and equipment prior to use for damage, missing components or other defects
• Identifies and rectifies faults
• Responds effectively to hazards, risks and emergencies
• Analyses problems and applies appropriate remedial solutions
• Resolves business disputes
• Devises approaches, implements and reflects on environmental and water, energy and resource efficiency management policies and procedures relevant to work site to improve environmental sustainability and shares alternative approaches as required

Initiative and enterprise 

• Evaluates properties of construction materials and selects appropriate materials based on evaluation
• Develops compliant, alternative solutions to construction problems
• Assesses thermal efficiency of buildings and reviews design solutions for effectiveness and compliance
• Identifies opportunities for improved water management
• Evaluates effective strategies for insulating structures
• Develops waste management strategies and dispute resolution procedures
• Identifies environmental and resource efficiency improvements, applies knowledge about resource use to organisational activities and customer service and develops resource efficiency tools

Planning and organising 

• Plans and coordinates various work operations
• Prepares project schedules
• Participates in effective implementation of organisation's operational plans
• Plans and organises on-site activities and implements procedures associated with building and construction work
• Identifies and organises resource requirements and obtains supply information
• Supervises various administrative and work processes, including payments collects, analyses and organises workplace information and data
• Plans and organises inspections
• Organises testing of construction materials to ensure suitability

Self management 

• Manages own performance to ensure required levels of service standards, work quality and professional competence
• Manages work priorities and professional development
• Uses feedback to improve own performance
• Organises and completes daily work activities

Learning 

• Is open to new ideas and techniques
• Seeks feedback on personal performance
• Uses information effectively to improve work performance
• Learns from colleagues as part of effective teamwork

Technology 

• Operates office equipment
• Uses computer equipment and relevant software
• Uses cameras
• Assesses new and emerging technologies for application to construction processes
• Uses a range of tools and equipment
• Maintains tools and equipment as required
• Uses technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness of managing work