Building & Construction

Which version should I order?

In some cases you will see that we have listed two versions of a unit under a single qualification. This is because some units appear in multiple qualifications from the CPC Training Package, so we have produced versions that we refer to as ‘qualification specific’ and ‘general construction’.

Qualification-specific versions

Qualification-specific versions have been developed specifically for each qualification. For example, the Painting and Decorating version of a unit includes references to painting and decorating examples, the assessment has marking guidance specific to painting and decorating (where relevant) and the learning materials have been updated with painting and decorating video links, images and activities. While you will, of course, still need to contextualise the resources for each student cohort, most of the work has been done for you.

General construction versions

General construction versions have been designed to be used across multiple qualifications. However, the marking guidance, examples and video links are general in nature. You will need to contextualise the learning and assessment for use with each of the qualifications you are delivering.
While these versions give you the flexibility to deliver across a number of qualifications, they will require more contextualisation than the qualification-specific versions.

Important information about our Certificate IV and Diploma resources

Many of the units across the Certificate IV and Diploma qualifications require students to have access to a live site or a closely simulated live site. For many of these units, students will need to inspect, implement or be observed in a construction environment.
This, along with state and territory variations to legislation, codes of practice and NCC requirements, has made it difficult to provide plans and specs or to create specific case studies and benchmark guidance within our assessments.
We have certainly made the resources flexible so that they can be used by students who are employed or who are classroom based but the assessments will require a higher level of RTO contextualisation than you might expect from, say, a BSB or IT unit. For example, in some instances, you will be required to provide plans and specs which match the live site environment that the student will have access to and you will need to update marking guidance accordingly.
We have provided additional guidance for trainers and assessors in our Toolboxes and we recommend that you review a sample unit before purchasing if you have concerns about the level of contextualisation which may be required.
You can also find information about providing simulated construction workplaces in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide for the CPC training package.