ANZSCO 312199: Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians (Nec)

Skill Level: 2 | Assessing Authority: VETASSESS (Group: C) 

Job description

Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians perform technical functions to assist Construction Managers, Architects and Surveyors by supervising and inspecting construction sites, estimating time, costs and resources, inspecting plumbing work, and collecting and evaluating survey data and preparing maps and plans.

Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians nec covers occupations that are not else where classified in ANZSCO.

Alternative Title:

• GIS Technician

Job Duties

Highly relevant tasks include, but are not limited to:

• » Assisting Construction Managers, Architects, Building Designers and Surveyors in planning and organisation
• » Interpreting plans, regulations and codes of practice
• » Preparing preliminary sketches, working drawings and specifications
• » Preparing, editing and revising plans, maps, charts and drawings
• » Coordinating works programs
• » Inspecting work and materials for compliance with specifications, regulations and standards
• » Calculating costs and estimating time scales
• » Collecting data using surveying instruments and photogrammetric equipment
• » Performing routine computations and plotting preliminary data.

Additional tasks may include:

• » Providing highly specialised and technical advice and information to support Construction Managers, Architects, Building Designers and Surveyors
• » Preparing shop drawings and technical details
• » Delivering the construction of prototypes of building components for project approval
• » Modelling and calculating performance of proposed building designs for energy assessment purposes.

Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:

• » Energy Assessor
• » Roof Truss Detailer
• » Structural Steel Detailer

Employment information

For the occupation of Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians nec, applicants are required to demonstrate employment in a role that is primarily associated within the construction industry and that is not better aligned to another occupation on ANZSCO.

Qualification

Skills Assessment of the qualification involves assessment of both the qualification level and content. Qualifications are assessed according to the guidelines published by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the education level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher, and in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

Highly relevant major fields of study include:

• » Architecture
• » Architecture/Building Design
• » Surveying

Skills Assessment Criteria:

Please note in order to achieve a successful skills assessment outcome, a positive assessment for both qualifications and employment is required. Applicants can fulfil the assessment criteria for this occupation in four different ways.

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with a highly relevant field of study and
• at least one year of post qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level with an additional qualification at least AQF Certificate IV in a highly relevant field of study and
• at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR

• Qualification(s) assessed at least AQF Diploma level without a highly relevant field of study and
• at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;

OR Pre-qualification

• if all of your employment is before your qualification assessed at the AQF diploma level
• three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years.

Source from: vetassess.com.au