BSA Builder Restricted to Swimming Pool Construction pathway is a partial completion of the Certificate IV in Swimming Pool and Spa Building. It is a pathway to the BSA (Qld) licence Builder restricted to swimming pool construction.

Swimming Pool and Spa Construction, Installation and Maintenance — Construction pathway is a partial completion of the Certificate III in Swimming Pool and Spa Construction, Installation and Maintenance. It is a pathway to the BSA (Qld) Trade Contractor licence in Swimming pool and spa construction, installation and maintenance — Construction pathway.

Generally speaking, a Certificate IV course is designed for people who are in supervisory roles, in this case, who are likely to be supervising contractors and trade contractors, and/or are acting as ‘principle contractors’ on a pool construction project.

Certificate III courses are designed for people who are ‘at the coal face’, in the ‘doing’ as opposed to supervisory roles. Generally speaking, while a person who has the trade contractor licence can build a concrete inground pool from scratch they are often acting as trade contractors on a project supervised by a principle contractor. See here for BSA Scopes of Work.

Construction Pathway is for trade contractors doing concrete inground pools, Installation Pathway is for trade contractors doing fibreglass and prefabricated pool installation, and Maintenance and Accessories Pathway is for trade contractors doing pool and spa maintenance such as installing accessories, minor non-structural repairs. Click here for Licence Classes.

The Diploma of Structural Landscaping is a full qualification, which is a pathway to a BSA (Qld Licence) and/or NSW Office of Fair Trading licence in Structural Landscaping.

The BSA Builder Restricted to Structural Landscaping is a partial completion of Certificate IV in Building and Construction (Building) and satisfies the BSA (Qld) technical qualifications for the Builder Restricted to Structural Landscaping licence.

For RPL purposes, if you currently work in structural landscaping from a building background, the BSA Builder Restricted to Structural Landscaping may be more suited to your needs. But if you are working exclusively in horticultural industry, undertaking the Diploma of Structural Landscaping may be a better option.

The Site Supervisor courses fulfil the BSA (Qld) technical requirements for site supervisor licensing. A site supervisor is an employee working under a Builder’s licence, who is in a position of responsibility to supervise building works on behalf of the builder/principle contractor. For more information click this link.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a process of recognising your current skills and knowledge and formalising them into a qualification. It’s not about teaching you what you already know, it’s about you showing us you have the skills and knowledge required to gain the qualification.

Undertaking RPL with All Construction Assessment and Training requires you to provide a portfolio of evidence relating to your industry experience. Our documentation guides you through the evidence gathering process, while your assessor provides individualised one-on-one support. There is also an onsite assessment to complete all Advanced Diploma, Diploma, Certificate IV and III and partial completion courses.

Your RPL checklist will guide you through the kinds of evidence you require, as each course will be different in its requirements. The absolute basics will include, photographic evidence of you wearing the appropriate PPE as you carry out key job tasks and a work method statement for any high risk work undertaken. Evidence that you can plan and organise your workflow, such as diary/Outlook entries, and evidence that you can carry out workplace communication such as communications with clients, memos or emails may also be basic requirements.

How long it takes you to get through the course depends largely on how motivated you are to complete the RPL documentation and how quickly you can gather the evidence required. Some people may take a few weeks, but most take between six months and a year.

We give you two years to complete your course. That doesn’t mean it will take you two years to finish, but we understand that the pressure of day-to-day business can get in the way of even the best intentions to get through training and assessment.

If you are doing an Advanced Diploma, Diploma, Certificate IV and III or partial completion course, you must have an onsite assessment. This is a process through which your assessor can validate the ‘documentary’ evidence you submit for your RPL application. It fulfils All Construction Assessment and Training’s obligation under the Australian Quality Training Framework, and the requirements of the licensing bodies, to ensure that you can demonstrate the appropriate level of skills in a working or simulated work environment to fulfil the requirements of the course you have undertaken.

Your assessor will arrange, at a time convenient to you, to visit you at a work site to observe you carrying out one or more key task for the course you are undertaking. They may ask you to explain the processes prior to and after the observed task, and may ask you why you do certain things the way you do. Your assessor may take photos, with your permission, of you undertaking these tasks for your assessment record, and they may talk to your direct supervisor if appropriate.

There may be an additional cost to the onsite assessment, depending on your geographical location. This will be discussed when you enrol and when the assessment is arranged.

Gap Training is the ‘book learning’ side of All Construction Assessment and Training’s assessment and training. If you cannot provide evidence for one or more of the subjects that make up your course, your assessor may suggest that you undertake Gap Training. All Construction Assessment and Training will send you a Learner Guide and written assessment to undertake once you have read the Learner Guide. Once you have completed the written assessment and sent it back to All Construction Assessment and Training, it will be marked by your assessor. If your assessment is marked as ‘satisfactory’, you will go onto the next stage of your assessment. If your assessment is deemed ‘not yet satisfactory’, your assessor will contact you to discuss further options for you to gain competency.

Where you cannot show evidence for one or more units, you may need to undertake additional training or Gap Training to gain ‘competence’ in those units. If, inconsultation with your assessor, it is determined that you need to gain practical experience in the unit, you will need an appropriately qualified or licensed mentor to assist you to gain that experience. If you are undertaking Gap Training, you may need to discuss any questions you have about the subject with an appropriately qualified or licensed mentor.