CPCCCM2002 - Carry out hand excavation

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: * a candidate must satisfy all the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit by excavating, by hand, a 3 metre trench with a right angle, .5 metres deep and .5 metres wide. All work must be performed to the standard required in the workplace and must comply with laws and regulations, the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards, work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements, workplace requirements, drawings and specifications. Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge: *compliance requirements of the Commonwealth and state or territory legislation relevant to carrying out excavations *workplace quality policies and standards for carrying out excavations *safety requirements for carrying out excavations *environmental requirements for carrying out excavations *types and uses of hand tools and equipment required for carrying out excavations *locating services on construction sites *use and types of service markers *processes for establishing trench line and depth *temporary drainage systems to divert surface and sub-surface water from excavations *types of basic trench excavation support.