Qualification details

Employability skill 

Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification include: 

Communication 

• Communicates with clients, colleagues and others using effective and appropriate communication techniques, including:

• Clear and direct communication
• Active listening
• Verbal and non-verbal language
• Questioning to identify and confirm requirements
• Language and concepts appropriate to cultural differences

• Follows instructions from supervisor and other relevant persons
• Understands, interprets and applies information as required from:

• Regulatory, legislative, licensing and organisational requirements
• Environmental and OHS requirements, including material safety data sheets (MSDS)
• Codes and standards
• Plans and drawings
• Specifications
• Safety signs and symbols
• Organisational policies and procedures
• Client briefs
• Designs

• Understands relevant definitions, terminology, symbols, abbreviations and language
• Records relevant information using standard workplace documentation
• Applies measurements and calculations using appropriate equipment, formulas and records as required
• Reports and records hazards and risks

Teamwork 

• Works as part of a team
• Provides assistance and encouragement to other team members
• Initiates and encourages improvements in team performance
• Identifies and utilises the strengths of other team members
• Relates to people from diverse social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with varying physical and mental abilities
• Coordinates and actions tasks
• Participates in on-site meetings

Problem solving 

• Examines tools and equipment prior to use for damage, missing components or other defects
• Identifies typical faults and problems and takes necessary remedial action
• Rectifies simple faults with tools and equipment
• Performs routine maintenance as required
• Checks materials and products for conformity to specifications

Initiative and enterprise 

• Identifies opportunities to improve resource efficiency and makes suggestions as appropriate
• Responds to change and workplace challenges
• Puts ideas into action
• Maximises use of resources by recycling, re-using or using appropriate disposal methods

Planning and organising 

• Identifies hazards and implements appropriate hazard control measures
• Selects and uses appropriate materials, tools and equipment
• Determines material quantity requirements
• Prioritises and sequences tasks
• Applies time management skills to ensure work is completed to time requirements

Self management 

• Evaluates own actions and makes judgements about performance and necessary improvements
• Contributes to workplace responsibilities, such as current work site environmental/sustainability frameworks or management systems
• Manages own performance to meet workplace standards
• Seeks support to improve work performance
• Cleans up work area, including tools and equipment

Learning 

• Identifies own learning needs and seeks skill development as required
• Is open to learning new ideas and techniques

Technology 

• Uses calculators
• Uses computer system and relevant software including to produce designs
• Uses and operates a range of tools and equipment correctly and safely

To achieve this qualification, the candidate must demonstrate competency in:

• 21 units of competency:

• 14 core units
• 7 elective units.

A maximum of two of the required seven elective units may be substituted by selecting relevant units of competency from any Certificate III or IV construction qualification or qualification in another endorsed Training Package.

Some units in this qualification may have prerequisite requirements, which must be met when packaging the qualification. Users are referred to the list of CPC08 units with prerequisite unit requirements available in this Training Package for this purpose.

Core units 

CPCCCM1012A

Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry

CPCCCM1013A

Plan and organise work

CPCCCM1014A

Conduct workplace communication

CPCCCM1015A

Carry out measurements and calculations

CPCCOHS2001A

Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry

Signage field of work 

CPCCSI2001A

Use colour for signage

CPCCSI2002A

Lay out and design signage

CPCCSI2003A

Prepare surfaces for signage

CPCCSI2004A

Produce digital signage

CPCCSI2005A

Fabricate signage

CPCCSI2006A

Signwrite to simple forms

CPCCSI2007A

Apply fasteners and fixings

CPCCSI3001A

Produce vinyl signage

CPCCSI3002A

Use rotary router

Elective units 

BSBSMB301A

Investigate micro business opportunities

BSBSMB406A

Manage small business finances

CPCCCM2006B

Apply basic levelling procedures

CPCCCM2008B

Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding

CPCCCM2010B

Work safely at heights

CPCCCM3001C

Operate elevated work platforms

CPCCCM3003A

Work safely around power sources, services and assets

CPCCCO2013A

Carry out concreting to simple forms

CPCCSI3003A

Signwrite to decorative forms

CPCCSI3004A

Apply advanced vinyl applications

CPCCSI3005A

Use engraving systems

CPCCSI3006A

Apply gilding to signage

CPCCSI3007A

Apply lines and scrolls

CPCCSI3008A

Write showcards and chalkboards

CPCCSI3009A

Screen-print signage

CPCCSI3010A

Hand render pictorials

CPCCSI3011A

Use LED technology for signage

CPCCSI3012A

Apply electrical theory for illuminated signage

CPCCSI3013A

Install LED systems

CPCCSI3014A

Manufacture gas-charged glass-formed illuminated signage

CPCCSI3015A

Produce airbrushed signage

CPCCSI3016A

Produce digital signage using advanced software applications

MEM05010C

Apply fabrication, forming and shaping techniques

TLILIC2001A

Licence to operate a forklift truck