UO Construction Operations and Safety

Course aim

To provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to procure, set up and manage all resources and services necessary for the efficient operation of a safe construction site. To ensure that students are able to critique and evaluate work health and safety principles, procedures and laws applicable to construction sites.

Course content

Site establishment, preparation and protection; Site organisation and management (personnel, workforce management, site accommodation and amenities, materials coordination, managing plant and equipment, storage and circulation, attendance to trades); Legislative and regulatory requirements including work health and safety legislation; Codes of practice for safe working in the construction industry; Safety inductions and safe work method statements; Hazard and risk identification; Risk assessment, review and control measures; Personnel protection; Compliance procedures and processes. Constructability. Tall buildings including movement damping methods. Advanced substructure concepts (dewatering and piling). Rapid formwork. Advanced building fabrication.

Textbooks

Nil

Prerequisites

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Students must have completed one of the following courses:
CIVE 2002	Construction 2
CIVE 2014	UO Construction 2

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, ONLINE ACTIVITY
Online	10 weeks x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Problem solving exercise, Quantitative exercise, Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation