This qualification is designed to meet the needs of concreters working in concreting operations on residential and commercial projects.
Occupational titles could include:
The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as a specialist field of work.
The construction industry strongly affirms that training and assessment leading to recognition of skills must be undertaken in a real or very closely simulated workplace environment and this qualification requires all units of competency to be delivered in this context.
Completion of the general induction training program specified by the National Code of Practice for Induction Training for Construction Work (ASCC 2007) is required before entering a construction work site. Achievement of unit CPCCOHS1001A covers this requirement.
The following occupations relate to this qualification.
Concrete Pump Operator
Concrete Pump Operators work and prepare machinery and equipment used in the laying of concrete. They monitor and adjust controls, handle concreting products, assemble moulds and fabricate reinforcements.
Concreter
Concreters mix, place, spread, compact and finish concrete for buildings, roads, tunnels, bridges and marine structures, using hand tools, vibrators, pumps, trowelling machinery and other power tools.
The following industry sectors relate to this qualification.
Building Trades
This sector covers the trades that are primarily concerned with the construction and finishing of buildings.
