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RII50520- Diploma of
Civil Construction Design
- Duration: 56 weeks
- (including 6 weeks holiday break)
- Tuition Fees: $18,000
- Material Fee: $1000
- Enrolment Fee: $500
- Total Course fees: $19,500
MODE OF STUDY
Classroom based Face to Face theory learning
Delivery Location / Classroom
Suite 1, Level 4, 398 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This qualification reflects the role of individuals working as designers or design paraprofessionals who support professional engineers. They perform tasks involving a high level of autonomy and requiring the application of significant judgement in planning and determining the selection of equipment/roles/techniques for themselves and others. They are required to develop site specific work designs to ensure the implementation of the client’s site requirements. They demonstrate the application of a broad range of technical, managerial, coordination and planning skills.
COURSE STRUCTURE
To achieve this qualification students must complete following 20 Elective units provided below.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Core / Elective |
|---|---|---|
|
BSBTWK502 |
Manage team effectiveness |
Elective |
|
BSBPMG531 |
Manage project time |
Elective |
|
BSBPMG532 |
Manage project quality |
Elective |
|
BSBPMG536 |
Manage project risk |
Elective |
|
RIILAT402E |
Provide leadership in the supervision of work teams |
Elective |
|
MEM30031A |
Operate computer-aided design (CAD) system to produce basic drawing elements |
Elective |
|
MEM30006A |
Calculate stresses in simple structures |
Elective |
|
MEM30033A |
Use computer-aided design (CAD) to create and display 3-D models |
Elective |
|
RIICWD501E |
Prepare detailed design of foundations |
Elective |
|
RIICWD535E |
Prepare detailed design of civil timber structures |
Elective |
|
RIICWD508E |
Prepare detailed design of rural roads |
Elective |
|
RIICWD536E |
Prepare detailed design of civil masonry, crib and gabion structures |
Elective |
|
MEM23004A |
Apply technical mathematics |
Elective |
|
MEM23007A |
Apply calculus to engineering tasks |
Elective |
|
MEM30012A |
Apply mathematical techniques in a manufacturingengineering or related environment
|
Elective |
|
MEM30005A |
Calculate force systems within simple beam structures
|
Elective |
|
RIICWD510E |
Prepare detailed design of busways |
Elective |
|
CPPBDN6106 |
Produce building information modelling for building design projects
|
Elective |
|
MEM23109 |
Apply engineering mechanics principles |
Elective |
|
CPPSIS5032 |
Capture new spatial data |
Elective |
The volume of learning for the qualification is 1200 hours. This comprises of:
• Learning Hours – 584 hours
• Assessment – 416 hours
• Self-Study – 200 hours
This course will be delivered over 56 weeks of course duration including 6 weeks holiday breaks. Students are required to attend a minimum 20 scheduled course contact hours per week.
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Written questions, Projects, Case studies, Reports, Presentations, Role plays, Research, and Practical Demonstration
PATHWAYS FROM THE QUALIFICATION
Successful completion may enable the student to apply for RII60520-Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design.
EMPLOYMENT/CAREER PATHWAY
Employment pathways are available to students who complete this qualification in:
• Civil Designer
• Construction Manager
Above pathway information is in line with qualification description on National Training Register (www.training.gov.au) and/or https://www.myskills.gov.au/, it doesn’t imply any job guarantee or job role at the end of the course. Australian Engineering College doesn’t claim any employment outcome or job guarantee associated with its courses as it will be misleading.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
All students are required to meet following requirements in order to be accepted into Australian Engineering College courses
AGE REQUIREMENTS
Students must be above 18 years of age while filling up the application.
ENROLMENT INFORMATION
• A completed application form and signed agreement
• Identification documents, one of which is a photo of the student such as a driver’s license.
English Language Requirements for International students:
i. International students applying for this course either off-shore or on-shore will require either a minimum IELTS test score of 6.0 or equivalent for direct entry into a VET course.
or IELTS score of 5.5 or equivalent with an ELICOS course (up to 10 weeks) to be taken before the main VET course.
or IELTS score of 5.0 or equivalent with an ELICOS course (up to 20 weeks) to be taken before the main VET course.
ii. To provide evidence that they have studied in English for at least five years in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of
Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or United States.
iii. To provide evidence that, within two years* of their signed written agreement date, they have successfully completed in
Australia a foundation course or a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial part of a Certificate IV or
higher-level qualification, from the Australian Qualifications Framework
iv. Students must successfully score equivalent to IELTS 6 in the Oxford English Placement Test.
| English Language Test Providers | Minimum Test Score | Minimum Test Score where combined with at least 10 weeks ELICOS | Minimum test score where combined with at least 20 weeks ELICOS |
|---|---|---|---|
|
International English Language
Testing System
|
6 |
5.5 |
5 |
|
*Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) paper based
|
567 |
527 |
500 |
|
TOEFL internet-based test
|
60 |
46 |
35 |
The test must have been taken no more than two years* before you apply to study at AEC.
*The date when AEC receives the signed written agreement (either through email or in hand)
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
To enter RII50520 – Diploma of Civil Construction Design : applicants should have successfully completed year 12/ Senior Secondary School studies in their home country equivalent to Australian Senior Secondary School Examination (Year 12).
LANGUAGE, LITERACY AND NUMERACY TEST (LLN)
Students undertaking this course must possess sound language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills. To determine these LLND skills, all students who want to study at AEC are required to undertake LLND test prior to the commencement of the course. Based on the test outcome, students may be identified as requiring internal support and/or external support.
LLND test will be conducted on campus by using an ACSF mapped online LLND assessment tool – LLND Robot under the supervision of qualified LLND assessor. All students are required to undertake a language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) test according to the following qualification:
RII50520 – Diploma of Civil Construction Design ACSF Level 4.
