Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design

Course Code: RII60520

Course Description

This qualification reflects the role of an individual working as a senior civil works designer or a para-professional designer, who supports professional engineers. They perform tasks that are broad, specialised, complex and technical and include strategic areas and initiating activities. They are responsible for the design of complex projects to ensure the implementation of the client’s site requirements and are required to demonstrate self-directed application of theoretical and technical knowledge and initiate solutions to technical problems or management requirements.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory and certification requirements that apply to this qualification can vary between states, territories and industry sectors. Users must check requirements with the relevant body before applying for the qualification.

Career Pathway

This qualification equips students with the skills needed to pursue a variety of employment opportunities in the civil construction industry, including roles such as:

– Civil Engineering Technician

– Draftsperson

– Site Manager

– Senior Civil Designer

Entry Requirements

Age Requirement: Must be 18 years of age or older at the time of course commencement.

Assessment & Interview: Some prospective students may be required to undertake a Language, Literacy, and Numeracy (LLN) assessment or participate in an enrolment interview prior to acceptance.

Educational Qualifications:
  1. Musthave completed Australian Year 12 or an equivalent level of schooling, or
  2. Holda Certificate IV or higher qualification from an Australian 

Delivery Modes

Waratah Polytechnic uses a blended learning methodology combining classroom-based learning and structured online training as studies show blended learning improves student’s interaction and satisfaction as well as increase learning outcomes. Delivery involves 20 hours per week total tuition with 15 hours/week of classroom-based delivery on campus and 5 hours/week of structured online training with the trainer each week.

Course Completions

Students obtaining a ‘Competent’ result for all the units in this qualification will achieve an Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design. A statement of attainment will be issued only for the units in which a student has been found ‘‘Competent’.

Assesment

Each unit will be assessed in at least 2 different ways (for example research, assignments, projects, case studies, demonstrations and presentations and workplace skills assessments) unless otherwise required by the unit of competency.

Course Structure

The program consists of 12 units of competency, which include 5 core units and 7 elective units. These are delivered over a total duration of 104 weeks, with 80 weeks dedicated to tuition and 24 weeks allocated for holidays. All units of competency must be successfully completed in order to receive the Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design Certificate.

Units of Competency

Unit NoUnit codeUnit nameUnit TypeDelivery Hours
1BSBTWK502Manage team effectivenessCore100
2BSBPMG530Manage project scopeEL + Group A100
3BSBOPS601Develop and implement business plansEL + Group A100
4BSBSTR601Manage innovation and continuous improvementEL + Group A100
5BSBPMG632Manage program riskCore100
6MEM30031AOperate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elementsEL + Others100
7BSBWHS616Apply safe design principles to control WHS risksCore100
8RIILAT402EProvide leadership in the supervision of diverse work teamsEL + Group B100
9RIICWD512EPrepare detailed design of motorways and interchangesEL + Group B200
10RIICWD526EPrepare detailed traffic analysisEL + Group B200
11RIIQUA601EEstablish and maintain a quality systemCore200
12RIICWD601EManage civil works design processesCore200

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