CPCCCA3006 - Erect roof trusses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit's learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines. Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills: *setting out and erecting timber trusses manufactured to AS 4440 Installation of nail-plated timber roof trusses and steel trusses to the requirements of the NASH Standards including: * a minimum 30 square metres of timber roof trusses with a major and minor span, including: - one hip end and valley - one gable end *a minimum 30 square metres of steel roof trusses with a major and minor span, including: - one hip end and valley - one gable end *installing: - gable bracing, bottom chord bracing, web bracing and top chord bracing installed in line with the requirements of both AS 4440 Installation of nail-plated timber roof trusses to the requirements of the NASH Standards - a connection between an internal brace wall running parallel to the bottom chord - a connection between an internal brace wall running at 90 degrees to the bottom chord. Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge: *compliance requirements of the National Construction Code and Australian Standards relevant to erecting roof trusses, including AS 4440 Installation of nail-plated timber roof trusses required by the National Construction Code (NCC) *requirements of the National Association of Steel-framed Housing (NASH) Standards relevant to erecting roof trusses *workplace quality policies and standards relevant to erecting roof trusses *safety requirements for erecting roof trusses *plans, specifications and drawings for erecting roof trusses *types and uses of tools and equipment required to erect roof trusses *materials used in roof truss erection *quality requirements for roof trusses *roof truss erection and construction techniques *types of roof construction and components of roof trusses *techniques for lifting and positioning trusses *processes and requirements for the temporary and permanent bracing of roof trusses and elementary bracing principles for various shaped roofs *types of timber and their structural properties and uses, including engineered timber products.