VU23449 - Produce preliminary and working drawings for residential buildings

Unit code: VU23449 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
180
Location
Online
Sunshine
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to produce two and three-dimensional drawings for residential buildings (National Construction Code (NCC) Classes 1 and 10).
It includes the ability to read and interpret plans and specifications and to produce preliminary and working drawings for residential buildings to industry conventions.This unit applies to building designers who produce preliminary and working drawings for residential buildings within the context of relevant legislation and legal responsibilities of building designers.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work-based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• produce a set of working drawings for two residential building projects according to scope of work that includes:

  • a new dwelling
  • an addition or alteration to an existing dwelling
  • one of the above dwellings must be of two storeys.
    In completing the above there must also be evidence that the learner has, for each building project:
    • complied with relevant legislation and specifications.
    • complete working drawings to industry conventions and as determined by the project brief.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• types and purpose of preliminary drawings and working drawings used for residential buildings
• drafting and drawing protocols used in preliminary and working drawings
• standard drawing practices and features, including orientation, scale, key, contours, symbols and abbreviations
• processes for the administration and preparation of documentation
• processes for the interpretation of reports, working drawings, plans and specifications
• structural, design and construction principles of residential buildings, types and behaviour of loads
• national regulatory framework, including the NCC and Australian Standards relevant to producing drawings for residential buildings
• functions and operation of computer software used to produce working drawings.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Advanced Diploma of Building Design (Architectural)
22627VIC | Advanced diploma | Duration:

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