Diploma of Building and Construction (Building)

Do you want to take the next step in your career or move away from being on the tools each day.

Are you interested in managing residential, industrial or commercial building projects?Then build your career and take the steps to gain your builders registration.

Our Diploma of Building and Construction (Building) will give you the skill and knowledge elements required to undertake builders licensing.With the Australian Government projecting this industry to add 50,000 jobs over the next five years, your newly-developed, specialist skills will be in high demand.At our state-of-the-art training facility you will learn the technical and management skills needed to confidently become a registered builder on projects up to 3 stories high.Or you can go on to work as a Construction Project Manager, Site Supervisor or even run a small to medium building business.

Along with your core units of study such as building structures, codes and standards, selecting contractors and quality management, you can choose from topics including legal requirements, preparing contracts, or monitor costs - all taught by our industry-expert teachers.

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.

APPLY PRINCIPLES OF OHS RISK MANAGEMENT BSBOHS504B

MANAGE PROJECT QUALITY BSBPMG505A

MANAGE PROJECT RISK BSBPMG508A

APPLY BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FOR LOW RISE BUILDING PROJECTS CPCCBC4001A

SELECT AND PREPARE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CPCCBC4003A

IDENTIFY AND PRODUCE ESTIMATED COSTS FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CPCCBC4004A

APPLY STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES TO RESIDENTIAL LOW RISE CONSTRUCTIONS CPCCBC4010B

PREPARE AND EVALUATE TENDER DOCUMENTATION CPCCBC4013A

APPLY BUILDING CODES AND STANDARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS FOR MEDIUM RISE BUILDING PROJECTS CPCCBC5001B

MONITOR COSTING SYSTEMS ON MEDIUM RISE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS CPCCBC5002A

SUPERVISE THE PLANNING OF ON-SITE MEDIUM RISE BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION WORK CPCCBC5003A

MANAGE CONSTRUCTION WORK CPCCBC5010B

APPLY STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEDIUM RISE BUILDINGS CPCCBC5018A

PRODUCE LABOUR AND MATERIAL SCHEDULES FOR ORDERING CPCCBC4005A

PREPARE SIMPLE BUILDING SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS CPCCBC4014A

RESOLVE BUSINESS DISPUTES CPCCBC4024A

SELECT AND MANAGE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS CPCCBC5005A

ADMINISTER THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF A BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR CPCCBC5007B

Entry requirements (year 12)

Entry requirements (non year 12)

Although there are no entry requirements specified in the Training Package it is recommended that for this program at FedUni TAFE that applicants have 8 years’ including 4 years as an apprentice, experience working in the Building and Construction industry eg trades person, supervisor, foreman, project administrator.

The amount, scope and relevance of each applicants building and construction industry work experience will be determined at the pre-training review.