Course Location and Contact Information

Course Description

Trainees are employed by bricklayers and train on-site with their employer and off-site with a Registered Training Organisation e.g. NMIT.

Trainees work on full size projects of varying degrees at NMIT's specially designed facilities.  Training identifies and underpins the underlying requirements to collect, analyse and organise information; communicate ideas and information, plan and organise activities, work with others and in teams, use mathematical ideas and techniques, solve problems and use technology required within the industry.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of this course may gain employment in the building industry as a bricklayer sub contractor or contractor.

Course Duration

Schooling is part time consisting of 4 x 80 hr (2 weeks) blocks per year over 3 years.

Course Commencement Dates

February and ongoing enrolments throughout the year.

Entrance Requirements

Applicants must be apprenticed.

Application Procedures

Apply directly to NMIT.

Skills Recognition - Exemptions/Transfers

Applicants will receive exemptions/transfers where they can:

• Provide evidence of successful completion of the same module/competency at another Registered Training Organisation (RTO) or within another accredited course
• Provide evidence of successful completion of an equivalent module/competency at another RTO or within another accredited course
• Demonstrate and/or provide evidence of competence via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).

Applications should be made directly to the course co-ordinator.

Pathways to Further Study

Trainees may enter the Certificate IV in Building Construction to enhance their skills as a supervisor or toward obtaining builders registration.

Course Outline

To obtain this qualification all core competencies plus a minimum of two electives from the 3000 series must be achieved.

Core Units

BCG1000A Carry out interactive workplace communication (20 hrs)
BCG1001A Carry out OH&S requirements (40 hrs)
BCG1002A Plan and organise work (20 hrs)
BCG1003A Read and interpret plans (36 hrs)
BCG1004A Carry out measurements and calculations (20 hrs)
BCG1005A Use hand and power tools (80 hrs)
BCG1006A Use small plant and equipment (16 hrs)
BCG1007A Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding (40 hrs)
BCG1008A Use simple levelling devices (8 hrs)
BCG1010A Carry out Concreting to simple forms (40 hrs)
BCG1011A Handle construction materials & safely dispose of waste (16 hrs)
BCG1015A Prepare for construction process (brick/blocklaying) (40 hrs)
BCG2001A Prepare surfaces (32 hrs)
BCG2003A Carry out general demolition (32 hrs)
BCG2004A Carry out levelling (16 hrs)
BCG2007A Operate elevated work platform (EWP) (20 hrs)
BCG2008A Use explosive power tools (EPT) (16 hrs)
BCG3011A Carry out basic setting out (12 hrs)
BCG3021A Install door frames (8 hrs)
BCG3107A Carry out veneer construction (60 hrs)
BCG3108A Carry out solid brick construction (60 hrs)
BCG3109A Construct masonry steps and stairs (36 hrs)
BCG3110A Lay bricks and blocks (wall and corner) (76 hrs)
BCG3111A Lay multi thickness walls and piers (40 hrs)
BCG3112A Construct masonry arch - semi circular and segmental (56 hrs)
BCG3113A Construct curved wall (16 hrs)
BCG3114A Construct masonry blockwork (32 hrs)

Elective Units

Two electives must be achieved from the following list:

BCG3048A Install glass blockwork (24 hrs)
BCG3067A Construct corbels and decorative brickwork (40 hrs)
BCG3068A Construct battered masonry surfaces (32 hrs)
BCG3069A Construct fire place and chimney (48 hrs)
BCG3115A Lay segmental/unit paving (24 hrs)

Total Hours - 976

Assessment Methods

Internal assessment with progressive testing

Materials

All materials are supplied as part of enrolment fees. Equipment lists are available from the Building Structures & Services Department.

Qualification

As part of the Australian Qualifications Framework this program is nationally recognised.  On successful completion students will be awarded the Certificate III in General Construction (Bricklaying/Blocklaying).

Links

The Victorian Government makes a significant contribution to these programs.