Unit of competency
Modification History
Release 1.
This version first released with CPC Construction, Plumbing and Services Training Package Version 2.
Revised unit of competency. Replaces superseded equivalent unit CPCCCM2006B Apply basic levelling procedures.
Application
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to carry out levelling in a single plane for the purpose of establishing correct and accurate set-out of building components. It includes the set-up, testing and use of levelling devices, and establishing and transferring heights using a range of levelling equipment.
The unit supports workers in the construction industry who use a variety of common methods and equipment when working with others and as a member of a team. It applies to levelling work on residential and commercial work sites.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory, or certification requirements apply to this unit of competency at the time of endorsement.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Common
Unit Sector
Construction
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions. |
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1. |
Plan and prepare. |
1.1. |
Job requirements are obtained, confirmed with relevant personnel, and applied to planning. |
1.2 |
Work site is inspected, and conditions and hazards are identified within scope of own role and reported according to workplace procedures. |
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1.3. |
Health and safety requirements for levelling procedures are confirmed and applied to planning. |
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1.4. |
Levelling tools and equipment are selected according to job requirements, checked for serviceability, and faults are rectified or reported before starting work. |
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1.5. |
Team roles and verbal and non-verbal communication signals are confirmed, as required. |
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2. |
Set up and use levelling device. |
2.1. |
Required heights or levels are identified from work instructions. |
2.2. |
Levelling device is set up, and levelling device tolerance is checked according to manufacturer specifications. |
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2.3. |
Levels are shot and heights are transferred to required location and marked according to job requirements. |
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2.4. |
Results of levelling activities are documented according to organisational requirements. |
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3. |
Clean up. |
3.1. |
Work area is cleared and materials sorted and removed or recycled according to statutory and regulatory authority requirements. |
3.2. |
Tools and equipment are cleaned, checked, maintained and stored according to manufacturer specifications. |
Foundation Skills
This section describes the language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills essential to performance in this unit but not explicit in the performance criteria. |
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Skill |
Performance feature |
Numeracy skills to: |
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Reading skills to: |
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Writing skills to: |
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Planning and organising skills to: |
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Range of Conditions
This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. |
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Health and safety requirements must include: |
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Levelling tools and equipment must include: |
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Levelling device tolerance checks must include one or more of the following: |
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Marks for heights or levels must include: |
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Levelling activities must include three or more of the following: |
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Unit Mapping Information
CPCCCM2006B Apply basic levelling procedures
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=7e15fa6a-68b8-4097-b099-030a5569b1ad