Certificate IV in Building & Construction (Building)

Workplace Requirements

As part of your course, it is compulsory to undertake and provide third-party evidence for some assessments in an eligible industry workplace. If you are not currently in, or have not previously been in, an eligible workplace, you must source your own host workplace and undertake work that meets the requirements for the units of this course.

You will need to complete a workplace observation report signed by an employer along with workplace evidence for multiple units in this course. For example for the unit CPCCBC5019 Manage building and construction business finances. To meet the criteria you must show evidence of managing the business finances for a building and construction business over at least six months, including at least one building and construction project.

Study requirements

To be eligible to enrol in our online qualifications, our students are required to:

• Be 18 years or older at the time of registration.

• Demonstrate the required level of competency in English language, literacy, and numeracy skills.

The required level of competency in English language, literacy, and numeracy skills for diploma and certificate IV qualifications isACSF Level 3. You may be required to complete a language, literacy, and numeracy test if English is not your first language, and you do not hold any nationally recognised Australian qualifications. Upon enrolment, you will also be assessed over time by your learning coach for your language, literacy, and numeracy skills. Where these levels fall below the requisite ACSF standard for the qualification, the coach will advise you of the remedial options open to you. This may involve additional support or withdrawal of enrolment and refund of fees paid. Please refer to the relevant CAL policies and thestudent handbookfor full details of the entry-level requirements’ procedure. 

Technical requirements

You will need regular access to a laptop or desktop computer with the following:

• An adequate and reliable internet connection.

• The equivalent of Microsoft Office with word-processing capabilities and spreadsheets.

• A PDF reader installed.

• Full permissions to install and access third-party software as required.

You will also need regular access to a laptop, desktop computer, or device with an adequate camera to undertake video calls for assessments as required. Typically, we recommend using a laptop or desktop computer with the latest version of Chrome. Please check to ensure your device/s align with the system requirements for our major services:

• Brightspace D2L – our learning management system (LMS) platform.

• Zoom – our video call platform.

• Respondus – our quiz assessment platform.

• Vimeo –- our video embedding platform.