Course Overview

In this course, you'll learn specialised skills for pipe laying. You'll apply occupational health and safety standards to safely plan for, organise and carry out works on a construction site. Our experienced teachers will assist you to gain a range of skills for site work including earthworks, drainage and concreting.

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course however a sufficient level of language, literacy and numeracy is required for students to be able to complete the required assessments.

Course Structure

To be awarded the Certificate III in Civil Construction (Pipe Laying) the following packaging rules apply:
Total number of units = 25
8 core units plus
17 elective units, of which:

Core units:
RIIBEF201E - Plan and organise work
RIICCM201E - Carry out measurements and calculations
RIICCM203E - Read and interpret plans and job specifications
RIICOM201E - Communicate in the workplace
RIIRIS301E - Apply risk management processes
RIISAM203E - Use hand and power tools
RIISAM204E - Operate small plant and equipment
RIIWHS201E - Work safely and follow WHS policies and procedure
 
Elective units​*
RIICCM202E - Identify, locate and protect underground services
RIICCM205F - Carry out manual excavation
RIICCM206E - Support plant operations
RIICCM207E - Spread and compact materials manually
RIICCM208E - Carry out basic levelling
RIICCM210E - Install trench support
RIICRC208E - Lay pipes
RIISAM201E - Handle resources and infrastructure materials and safely dispose of nontoxic materials
RIIWHS302E - Implement traffic management plans
RIIWMG203E - Drain and dewater civil construction sites
RIICPL301E - Install water mains pipelines
RIIHAN208E - Perform dogging
RIIHAN301E - Operate elevating work platform
RIIIMG301E - Maintain site records
RIIRIS201E - Conduct local risk control
RIIRIS202E - Respond to site-based spills
RIIWHS202E - Enter and work in confined spaces
RIIVEH304E - Conduct tip truck operations
​*Elective units may vary by location or negotiation

Course Delivery

You have up to 12 months to complete the course.

Assessment

Assessment is based on competency (the ability to demonstrate specific skills), depending on delivery, may be undertaken through a combination of observation and discussion, case studies and written assignments.

Recognition & Credit

You may already have significant experience in some of the areas covered by this qualification. If you can provide sufficient evidence of this you may be able to meet the course requirements by a recognition pathway. Contact Civil safety for further information.
 
If you have already have acquired some of the units of competency in this qualification and be eligible for a direct credit for completed units. In order to claim a credit for these units Civil Safety must sight an original Statement of Attainment from the issuing registered training organisation.

Support

You will be required to complete a pre-enrolment assessment as part of the enrolment process.  The pre-enrolment assessment assists in evaluating your suitability for the course and to tailor any required support services to meet your individual needs.  If required, a representative from Civil Safety may contact you to discuss alternative options or available support services to assist you with your course.
 
During your studies, you will receive feedback after each assessment/assignment and the trainer/assessor will be available to discuss the feedback or provide additional assistance or direction as appropriate. 

Certification

A qualification testamur and transcript will be issued by Civil Safety upon successful completion of course requirements, provided that all administrative requirements have been met and course fees are paid in full.  In these circumstances, certificate will be issued within 30 days.

Where a student does not complete all course components, a statement of attainment listing successfully completed units will be issued by Civil Safety within 30 days of course completion/exit as long as applicable outstanding fees are paid.

Enrolment

Enrolment is contingent upon an application being accepted.  Factors considered in the evaluation of enrolment applications include meeting course entry requirements, eligibility for a training subsidy (where applicable) and acceptance or any applicable terms of enrolment.

It is a condition of enrolment in any nationally recognised training (accredited) programme that you supply the training organisation with a valid unique student identifier (USI).  If you don’t already have a USI, you can apply for one online at www.usi.gov.au.

Enrolment is confirmed upon payment of applicable fees, Civil Safety will collect no more than $1500 of the total fee on initial enrolment.

Fees

You may be eligible to receive a government subsidy for this course.  Please contact Civil Safety to check if you are eligible.

Further Information

Our student handbook is available to prospective students and is available prior to enrolment by contacting any of our training locations or can be downloaded from our website www.civilsafety.edu.au.  The student handbook reflects our policies and contains important information on enrolment, recognition, training & assessment, complaints and appeals, fees and refunds, rules and responsibilities and a range of general information.  To enrol or for any further information please contact one of our offices via the contact details in the location section.