UNIT STANDARDS

US ID

OUTCOMES 

259604

1. Safety/health in a workplace

261658

1. Identify, use and maintain building tools and equipment

2. Use a range of levelling devices, spirit levels, water level and dumpy level

3. Select materials for building

261659

1. Prepare the work area and select, use and maintain tools, equipment and materials. 

2. Set up vertical profiles and set out walls

3. Install damp proof course, set up doorframes and mark position of window frames.

4. Build walls, build in doorframes, install and build in window frames.

5. Apply wall surface finishes. 

6. Mark off, position and build in roof anchors (tie downs). 

7. Build ancillary walls to complete structure.

8. Clean brickwork and clear building site

14662

1. Prepare site and set out building foundations

2. Evaluate foundation trenches/evaluate and report on soil conditions

3. Install level pegs for top of concrete foundations and step

4. Mix, cast and level concrete and introduce steps

5. Build and finish walls up to damp proof course

6. Fill and consolidate and install under floor DPC and cast ground floor concrete

14580

1. Explain the role of drawings and specifications 

2. Identify drawings and symbols used on a construction

3. Safeguard, store and issue construction drawings

4. Apply information from drawings in construction activities

14882

1. Prepare floors

2. Apply a damp proof course on the concrete slab where required

3. Apply screeds to floors

4. Apply float finish where required