BLSV12024 - Inspection Procedures

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This is a practical based unit designed to develop your awareness of on-site behaviour, activities, and procedures associated with inspections for both the building development and regulatory control processes for all classes of buildings defined in the Building Code of Australia. It will develop an understanding of the role and responsibilities of the inspecting officer and the legal rights and obligations of all parties.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Written Assessment 30%
3. Written Assessment 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 71.43% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.58% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE)
Feedback
Case studies chosen are examples and really helped with the understanding of the Building Act & Regulations.
Recommendation
Same teaching strategy will be adopted.
Action Taken
Application of case studies were continued in the current delivery.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE)
Feedback
Topic materials can be easily accessed if they can be posted in MsTeam.
Recommendation
Moodle is the main system adopted as the Learning Management System (LMS) of CQUniversity. MS Team is currently being used as a complementary communication channel. Hence, learning resources can be accessed via only Moodle currently.
Action Taken
As informed, learning materials were uploaded into the Moodle and an effective communication channel was maintained between students and the teaching team using MS Team.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE) and Student Email
Feedback
Tutorials and lecture presentations were greatly delivered. Unit Materials are very relevant to the actual field of practice of building surveying and certification e.g. they give a greater understanding of risk management processes of the current workplace.
Recommendation
Same teaching strategy will be adopted.
Action Taken
Same teaching strategy was adopted enhancing student learning experience by providing informative and relevant workplace knowledge.
Source: The Student Unit Teaching Evaluations T2- 2023
Feedback
The subject content was understandable and readable as far as building surveying related.
Recommendation
The same content will be included and updated based on new knowledge of the current practice.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: The Student Unit Teaching Evaluations T2- 2023
Feedback
When reviewing the National Construction Code (NCC) and it's Deemed to Satisfy (DtS) provisions, provide a bit more clarification on their intent and how they are implemented in real-world examples.
Recommendation
The lecturer will be advised to clarify the intent of DtS provisions and provide examples of possible applications.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Formulate methodologies for carrying out the inspection and certification of residential buildings, medium size developments, and major developments
  2. Apply established risk management process to contemporary inspection and certification practice
  3. Describe the different roles of building surveyors and discuss liability issues
  4. Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic, and ethical decision making
  5. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice • • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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3 - Written Assessment • • • • • • •
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •