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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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).
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%).
Past Exams
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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)
Case studies chosen are examples and really helped with the understanding of the Building Act & Regulations.
Same teaching strategy will be adopted.
Application of case studies were continued in the current delivery.
Source: Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation (SUTE)
Topic materials can be easily accessed if they can be posted in MsTeam.
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.
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
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.
Same teaching strategy will be adopted.
Same teaching strategy was adopted enhancing student learning experience by providing informative and relevant workplace knowledge.
Source: The Student Unit Teaching Evaluations T2- 2023
The subject content was understandable and readable as far as building surveying related.
The same content will be included and updated based on new knowledge of the current practice.
In Progress
Source: The Student Unit Teaching Evaluations T2- 2023
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.
The lecturer will be advised to clarify the intent of DtS provisions and provide examples of possible applications.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Formulate methodologies for carrying out the inspection and certification of residential buildings, medium size developments, and major developments
- Apply established risk management process to contemporary inspection and certification practice
- Describe the different roles of building surveyors and discuss liability issues
- Solve routine and unfamiliar problems using information, technology, logic, and ethical decision making
- Demonstrate appropriate communication skills.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | ||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | • | • | |
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | • | • |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 3 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||