Certificate II in Building and Construction Pre-apprenticeship

Choose between bricklaying, carpentry or painting and decorating streams:BricklayingOur hands-on program is the perfect start for your career as a bricklayer.

We'll show you how to use hand skills and power tools on residential and commercial building sites, while you learn important workplace skills to make you more confident and comfortable, like site induction, preparing for work in the construction industry and communication skills to help you work well in a team.CarpentryWe'll set you up to become skilled and knowledgeable at carpentry, ready to take the next step in your training and work life.

We'll also give you advice about succeeding at your apprenticeship, so you can jump straight into it after this certificate.

Plus, your teachers have all been apprentices themselves, so they know what it's like starting out in a trade.

They'll be your guide as you learn in our state-of-the-art Building and Construction Training Centre.Painting and decoratingYou'll grow your creative side, while setting yourself up for a career as a qualified painter and decorator.

Become skilled in the technicalities of painting and decorating, such as surface preparation and protective metal coatings as you learn about special processes like 3D effects, marbling, wood graining and rag rolling.

Qualified painters and decorators are valued workers in the construction industry and if you follow this certificate up with an apprenticeship, you'll be an asset to any employer during your painting and decorating career.

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

WORK EFFECTIVELY AND SUSTAINABLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CPCCCM1012A

CONDUCT WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION CPCCCM1014A

CARRY OUT MEASUREMENTS AND CALCULATIONS CPCCCM1015A

APPLY BASIC LEVELLING PROCEDURES CPCCCM2006

APPLY OHS REQUIREMENTS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CPCCOHS2001A

PREPARE TO WORK SAFELY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CPCCWHS1001

PROVIDE BASIC EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT HLTAID002

PREPARE FOR WORK IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY VU22014

INTERPRET AND APPLY BASIC PLANS AND DRAWINGS VU22015

ERECT AND SAFELY USE WORKING PLATFORMS VU22016

IDENTIFY AND HANDLE BRICKLAYING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT VU22017

APPLY BASIC BRICKLAYING TECHNIQUES VU22018

APPLY BRICK VENEER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES VU22019

APPLY CAVITY BRICK CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES VU22020

APPLY MASONRY BLOCKWORK TECHNIQUES VU22021

IDENTIFY AND HANDLE CARPENTRY TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT VU22022

PERFORM BASIC SETTING OUT VU22023

CONSTRUCT BASIC SUB-FLOOR VU22024

CONSTRUCT BASIC WALL FRAMES VU22025

CONSTRUCT A BASIC ROOF FRAME VU22026

INSTALL BASIC EXTERNAL CLADDING VU22027

INSTALL BASIC WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES VU22028

INSTALL INTERIOR FIXINGS VU22029

CARRY OUT BASIC DEMOLITION FOR TIMBER STRUCTURES VU22030

CONSTRUCT BASIC FORMWORK FOR CONCRETING VU22031

IDENTIFY AND HANDLE PAINTING AND DECORATING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT VU22032

APPLY BASIC SURFACE PREPARATION SKILLS FOR PAINTING AND DECORATING VU22033

MIX BASIC PAINT COLOURS VU22034

DEVELOP BASIC PAINT APPLICATION TECHNIQUES VU22035

DEVELOP BASIC TIMBER STAINING AND CLEAR FINISHING SKILLS VU22036

DEVELOP BASIC PROTECTIVE METAL COATING SKILLS VU22037

APPLY BASIC SPRAY PAINTING APPLICATION SKILLS VU22038

APPLY BASIC WALLPAPER VU22039

Entry requirements (year 12)

Entry requirements (non year 12)

Entry into this program will normally require you be 16 years of age or to have completed Year 10 or equivalent.

Extra Requirements

Applicants should create an expression of interest by lodging the TAFE application form. Interviews for candidates who have registered an expression of interest.