National Certificate: Roadworks

Fundamental outcomes

• Show a critical awareness of language usage in the road construction environment.
• Analyse and present information in a road construction environment.
• Communicate appropriately in a road construction environment.
• Use mathematics in the road construction industry. (calculate quantities, set out work).
• Use mathematics to investigate and monitor financial aspects of personal and business issues.
• Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities – in a road construction environment.

Core outcomes

• Establish health and safety to a work area in a road construction environment.
• Establish and prepare a work area in a road construction environment.
• Maintain records for civil construction sites in a road construction environment.
• Calculate construction quantities to develop a work plan for road construction.
• Render basic first aid in a construction site.
• Procure materials, tools and equipment in a road construction environment.
• Read and interpret construction drawing and specifications in a road construction environment.
• Interpret the composition, construction sequence and processes of the construction industry.
• Apply process control testing procedures in a road construction environment.
• Handle, transport, store, utilise hazardous materials on a civil construction site.
• Work in confined spaces on a construction site (roadwork environment).
• Identify, describe and use material in civil engineering construction.
• Implement roadside safety procedures.

Elective outcomes

• Set out control point for marking barrier lines and islands.
• Set out control points for marking symbols.
• Set out control point for centre line and edge line marking for road marking.
• Setting out pipes, culverts and transferring levels.
• Organize and control the compaction of hot mix asphalt.
• Conduct a bituminous seal operation.
• Install road studs.
• Construct pre-cast kerbs and concrete channels on a roadworks construction site.
• Develop and use keyboard skills to enter data.
• Erect and maintain guardrails.
• Install pre-cast concrete pipes.
• Maintain and repair bituminous road surfaces.
• Install manhole chambers on a civil construction site.
• Erect Directional Signs – Overhead < 10 m2.
• Erect Directional Signs – Ground < 10 m2.
• Organize the erection of sign posts.
• Erect fencing.
• Erect palisade fencing.
• Install road markers.
• Operate a personal computer system.
• Operate mechanical painting machine for remarking.
• Organise the erection of signposts.
• Repair/replace minor structures.
• Organize and control the spray of bitumen on road surfaces.