RIICWD505EPrepare detailed design of landscaping

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What an assessment for RIICWD505E must cover

32 assessable components: 4 elements (18 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 5 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Plan for detailed design of landscaping

  • 1.1Obtain, interpret, clarify and confirm work requirements
  • 1.2Access, interpret and apply documentation required for detailed landscaping designs and confirm work activity is compliant
  • 1.3Prepare design plan according to resourcing and design requirements

2 Carry out detailed design of landscaping

  • 2.1Obtain, interpret and analyse required data and identify design options for landscaping according to job requirements
  • 2.2Interpret and analyse design options for landscaping and recommend design option according to job requirements
  • 2.3Develop and complete detailed design of landscaping according to job requirements
  • 2.4Prepare cost estimate for implementing design of landscaping
  • 2.5Participate in the review of design of landscaping with required stakeholders
  • 2.6Complete required documentation for design of landscaping according to workplace requirements
  • 2.7Communicate and coordinate with personnel involved in design process according to workplace requirements and within scope of own role
  • 2.8Gain design approval from required authorities

3 Finalise design processes for landscaping

  • 3.1Confirm design records are filed according to workplace requirements
  • 3.2Complete design cost and reporting requirements and deliver to required stakeholders
  • 3.3Participate in performance review of design process according to workplace requirements
  • 3.4Review client feedback and contribute to design verification according to workplace requirements
  • 3.5Close out systems according to workplace requirements

4 Support and review design of landscaping implementation

  • 4.1Provide clarification and advice to personnel implementing design as required to meet job requirements
  • 4.2Contribute to design validation process as required to meet job requirements

Performance evidence

  • prepare detailed designs of landscaping on at least two occasions, including: carrying out risk assessments, evaluating design options for landscaping, interpreting and analysing data, including calculating: areas, volumes, flow rates, capacities, densities, mass, percentages, grades, loadings and capacity requirements for landscaping design, sizes of landscaping design components, preparing design plans for landscaping, preparing cost estimates, obtaining design approval, participating in performance reviews of design processes, providing clarification and advice to personnel implementing the design, maintaining design and cost records, validating designs.
  • locate and apply required legislation, documentation, policies and procedures
  • implement the requirements, procedures and techniques to prepare detailed design of landscaping, including: accessing and interpreting required documentation, including: plans, drawings, specifications, design briefs, engineering surveys, geotechnical information, hydrological, meteorological, cultural and heritage data, test results of construction material for landscaping, data for selecting options for landscaping design; applying civil design techniques, including: computer based design technology, engineering graphical presentation techniques
  • work with others to prepare detailed design of landscaping in a way that meets required outcomes, including: complying with reporting requirements and procedures, communicating with others to receive and clarify work instructions, communicating with others to coordinate work activities.

Knowledge evidence

  • legislation required to prepare detailed design of landscaping
  • policies, procedures and documentation required to prepare detailed design of landscaping, including those relating to: Australian and other relevant Standards, cultural and heritage management, design approvals and reviews, environmental management, geotechnical management, hydrological and meteorological management, performance reviews, quality management, risk assessment and management, statutory compliance, surveying, system close outs, work health and safety, workplace recording and reporting
  • types, characteristics, technical capabilities and limitations of materials, plant and equipment required for landscaping design and construction
  • principles and techniques for preparing detailed design of landscaping, including: techniques for evaluating potential site hazards, constraints and conditions, techniques for identifying and evaluating design options, data analysis techniques, including calculating: areas, volumes, flow rates, capacities, densities, mass, percentages, grades, landscaping design loadings and capacity requirements, sizes of components for landscaping design, geometric requirements for landscaping, surfacing requirements landscaping, principles of road user behaviour, cost estimation techniques, requirements of a design plan, design review and validation techniques, performance review techniques, techniques for using software and technology to present designs, techniques for advising on design implementation
  • principles and techniques for leading and coordinating teams.

Foundation skills

  • Numeracy: Calculates resourcing requirements and performs mathematical calculations
  • Oral communication: Presents information and provides assistance using sector-specific vocabulary
  • Oral communication: Uses listening and questioning to clarify and confirm understanding
  • Reading: Identifies and interprets information from workplace procedures, documentation, legislation and regulations
  • Writing: Prepares and completes workplace reports using sector-specific vocabulary, grammatical structures and conventions

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Questions about assessing RIICWD505E

What does an assessment tool for RIICWD505E need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for RIICWD505E needs to address all 32 unit components: 4 elements with 18 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 5 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for RIICWD505E?

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