CPC20112 Certificate II in Construction

This qualification provides advanced construction skills and an understanding of tasks applicable to many construction building sites.

The course is structured to allow a choice from a range of units aligned at Certificate III level. Completing these units could provide meaningful credit in a construction industry Australian Apprenticeship.

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.

This training program has been grouped into a series of short courses, which provide a progressive and practical learning experience. The short courses are:

• Basic Workplace Skills
• Using Construction Tools – Advanced
• Concreting, Heights, and Excavation
• Plans, Levelling and Traffic Control

*Please note: the final unit in Plans, Levelling and Traffic Control (short course 4) - RIIOHS205A, will be delivered and assessed by an external party.

On successful completion of this course, you will graduate with a Certificate for the nationally 
recognised qualification:

• Certificate II in Construction - CPC20112

Please note that this qualification was superseded on the 26th of November 2020 and replaced by CPC20120 - Certificate II in Construction. HIA Training will commence enrolments in CPC20120 - Certificate II in Construction in 2022, however the new courses is current not available.

HIA will conduct a pre-enrolment review with you to make sure that this program is suitable for your career goals, current skills and experience.

• a competent level of English; reading, writing, interpersonal and communication skills
• numeracy skills

Note: It is a requirement that participants have successfully completed the unit of competency Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry - CPCCOHS2001A, before undertaking any of the following units:

• Use construction tools and equipment - CPCCCM2005B 
• Use explosive power tools - CPCCCM2007B 
• Handle construction materials - CPCCCM2004A 
• Carry out excavation - CPCCCM2002A 
• Carry out concerting to simple forms - CPCCCO2013A 
• Work safety at heights - CPCCCM2010B 
• Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding - CPCCCM2008B 
• Apply basic levelling procedures - CPCCCM2006B

Desirable:

• basic computer skills in spreadsheets, search engines and word processing

All participants will be required to undertake and pass a language, literacy and numeracy assessment before enrolment.

You will need to commit 144 hours of face-to-face learning time for this training. Contact your local HIA office to find out more information about delivery schedules.

Outside of this allocation of time, you will need to undertake self-directed learning through research, project work and assessment tasks.

Participants are required to have a copy of the following textbooks:

• Basic Building and Construction Skills”
• Pearson’s “Construction Skills”
• Pearson’s “Site Establishment, Formwork and Framing”

HIA Training Services has grouped the units of competency into a series of short courses which provide you with a practical and progressive learning experience. The short courses are listed below, along with the units of competency that are contained within them.

The elective units [E] listed below represent the only approved elective unit options offered by HIA. This is a reduced list which has been taken from the specified electives list contained within the packaging rules for this qualification.

Certificate II in Construction - CPC20112

To achieve this qualification, you must demonstrate competency in:

15 nationally recognised units of competency - 10 core units [C] and 5 elective units [E]

* In addition to the face-to-face attendance duration listed above, all short courses require self-directed learning through research, project work and successful completion of assessment tasks.

To find out more about our training programs, course details or career development- contact HIA Training on 1300 650 620.