Packaging Rules

There are no prerequisites to imported units listed in this qualification.

The qualification has core and elective units of competency that cover the skills for the following eight (8) specialist and one (1) general Civil construction streams:
Stream 1 - Bituminous Surfacing
Stream 2 - Bridge Construction and Maintenance
Stream 3 - Pipe Laying
Stream 4 - Road Construction and Maintenance
Stream 5 - Road Marking
Stream 6 - Tunnel Construction
Stream 7 - Timber Bridge Construction and Maintenance
Stream 8 - Traffic Management
Stream 9 - Civil Construction General

The core and elective unit requirements of one (1) stream must be met for this qualification to be awarded.

All elective units selected for this qualification must reflect current occupational and learning outcomes of this AQF qualification level.

There are both licensed and non-licensed units of competency relating to high risk work in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package. To be appointed under any statutory requirements in related roles, units of competency should be selected to meet the state/territory licensing requirements.

There are prerequisites to imported units listed in this qualification. Where a unit is imported as an elective care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisites specified are complied with.

Requirements for completion of Stream 1 - Bituminous Surfacing include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- seven (7) must be chosen from Group A
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group B
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group C
- no more than five (5) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.

Requirements for completion of Stream 2 - Bridge Construction and Maintenance include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- eight (8) must be chosen from Group D
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group E
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group F
- no more than five (5) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.

Requirements for completion of Stream 3 - Pipe Laying include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- ten (10) must be chosen from Group G
- at least one (1) must be chosen from Group H
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group I
- no more than four (4) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.

Requirements for completion of Stream 4 - Road Construction and Maintenance include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- nine (9) must be chosen from Group J
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group K
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group L
- no more than five (5) may come from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course
- at least five (5) of the eighteen (18) elective units chosen must be road construction and maintenance (RIICRC) units.

Requirements for completion of Stream 5 - Road Marking include:
Total number of units = twenty two (22)
- seven (7) core units plus
fifteen (15) elective units, of which:
- four (4) must be chosen from Group M
- at least one (1) must be chosen from Group N
- at least six (6) must be chosen from Group O
- no more than four (4) may come from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course
- at least seven (7) of the fifteen (15) elective units chosen must be road marking (RIICRM) units.

Requirements for completion of Stream 6 - Tunnel Construction include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- eight (8) must be chosen from Group P
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group Q
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group R
- no more than five (5) may come from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.
- at least two (2) of the eighteen (18) elective units chosen must be tunnel construction (RIICTC) units.

Requirements for completion of Stream 7 - Timber Bridge Construction and Maintenance include:
Total number of units = twenty eight (28)
- seven (7) core units plus
- twenty one (21) elective units, of which:
- twelve (12) must be chosen from Group S
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group T
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group U
- no more than five (5) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.

Requirements for completion of Stream 8 - Traffic Management include:
Total number of units = twenty three (23)
- seven (7) core units plus
- sixteen (16) elective units, of which:
- eight (8) must be chosen from Group V
- at least two (2) must be chosen from Group W,
- with at least three (3) must be chosen from Group X,
- no more than three (3) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.

Requirements for completion of Stream 9 - Civil Construction General include:
Total number of units = twenty five (25)
- seven (7) core units plus
- eighteen (18) elective units, of which:
- at least ten (10) must be chosen from Group Y
- at least three (3) must be chosen from Group Z
- no more than five (5) may be chosen from elsewhere within this training package, or from another endorsed training package, or from an accredited course.