Accreditation
This qualification is designed to meet the needs of stonemasons working with sandstone, limestone, marble and other types of stone and stone products to produce stone monuments, buildings and building components, such as walls, floors, arches, chimneys, stairs, windows, decorative mouldings, fireplaces and benchtops.
Occupational titles may include:
• Construction mason
• Finisher
• Stonemason.
The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as a specialist field of work.
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.
Completion of the general induction training program specified by the National Code of Practice for Induction Training for Construction Work (ASCC 2007) is required before entering a construction work site. Achievement of unit CPCCOHS1001A covers this requirement.
This qualification is suitable for an Australian Apprenticeship pathway. Refer to CPSISC website for further career and pathway information: http://www.cpsisc.com.au/career http://www.cpsisc.com.au/career
Check with relevant state and territory licensing and regulatory authorities. State and Territory jurisdictions may have different regulatory requirements for work carried out on heritage structures.
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Industry/enterprise requirements for this qualification
To achieve this qualification, the candidate must demonstrate competency in:
• 30 units of competency:
• 21 core units
• 9 elective units.
The elective units must ensure the integrity of the AQF alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome and are to be chosen as follows:
• 9 units from the elective units listed below
• 2 of the units may be chosen from other Certificate III qualifications in CPC08 or another current Training Package or accredited course.
Some units in this qualification may have prerequisite requirements, which must be met when packaging the qualification. Users are referred to the list of CPC08 units with prerequisite
unit requirements available in this Training Package for this purpose.
Year asdasd
Core units |
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| Carry out setting out | ||
| Carry out levelling operations | ||
| Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry | ||
| Plan and organise work | ||
| Conduct workplace communication | ||
| Carry out measurements and calculations | ||
| Read and interpret plans and specifications | ||
| Carry out excavation | ||
| Use construction tools and equipment | ||
| Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding | ||
| Carry out concreting to simple forms | ||
| Apply OHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry | ||
| Finish stone | ||
| Lay stone | ||
| Identify and use stone products | ||
| Dress and mould stone | ||
| Shape solid stone | ||
| Split stone manually | ||
| Dress stone manually | ||
| Machine stone | ||
| Carry out profile work | ||
Year asdasd
Elective units |
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|---|---|---|
| Investigate micro business opportunities | ||
| Manage small business finances | ||
| Construct battered masonry walls and piers | ||
| Construct bulkheads | ||
| Use explosive power tools | ||
| Carry out basic demolition | ||
| Work safely at heights | ||
| Operate elevated work platforms | ||
| Assemble components | ||
| Package manufactured products for transport | ||
| Prepare subgrade, base and bedding course for segmental paving | ||
| Lay segmental pavers | ||
| Cut segmental pavers | ||
| Carry out load slinging of off-site materials | ||
| Turn stone | ||
| Use computer-controlled static machinery to produce stone components | ||
| Set out and cut letters in stone | ||
| Plan monument construction | ||
| Build stone veneer walls | ||
| Carry out cemetery monument fixing | ||
| Set and anchor stone facades | ||
| Apply gilding to stone | ||
| Build solid stonemasonry walls | ||
| Construct stone arches | ||
| Inlay lead to stone | ||
| Lay stonemasonry stairs | ||
| Produce reconstituted stone | ||
| Renovate and restore stone work | ||
For more details or admissions contact now!
Andrew Barrow
Head of Admission Department