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CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying – RPL

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Technical Industry Questions

Welcome to your Application Form Part 2 and Technical Industry Questions – Certificate III in Bricklaying

The industry experience questions below provide an indication of the types of tasks you will be required to provide evidence for in an assessment.
Consider each task described and select your answer on how regularly you perform this task safely within tolerance and without defect on the job. Consider this in respect of the last 2 years, as well as what is predicted in the next 6 months.
To meet our entry requirements you must successfully complete the Technical Industry questionnaire to proceed to enrolment.
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Provide accurate and honest responses.

Setting out L-and T- shape building on a site with fall. Use Spirit level, Optical or Dumpy level, Laser level.

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Concrete and reinforcement (at least 1 sq. m)

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Erect Scaffolding and working safely at heights

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Prepare substrate and lay different paving patterns

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Lay blocks to structural walls including corners.

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Construct brick veneer walls, including weepholes, damp proof course, corners, lintels, frames and flashings

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Construct cavity wall, including damp proof course, ventilation, corners, wall ties, door and window jambs

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Construct stairs with pre-cast concrete and solid masonry treads, wing walls and slopes for water run-off

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

Multi-thick wall and piers: English bond, Flemish bond, engaged and isolated piers

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

10.

Fire rated masonry construction (steel door jamb, service penetrations and insulation between brick wall and roof covering)

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

11.

Decorative brickwork (Plinth and sill courses, corbelling, dogtooth and dental patterns)

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

12.

Battered Masonry Walls and Piers

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

13.

Arches (Semicircular arch, Multicentre arch, Gothic arch, Bulls eye arch)

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

14.

Curved walls (e.g Serpentine wall)

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

15.

Demolition project Remove ceilings, walls, fixtures and fittings from a non-load bearing structure

Weekly

Monthly

Every 3 months

Once or twice a year

Rarely or never

None

16.

Estimate how many common bricks would be required for a wall that is 12.5m long x 2m high?

1,250

1,000

750

None

17.

When do you brush down mortar on the face of the bricks?

As soon as you get some on the brick

Prior to drying

After drying

Done brush it down, leave it all for the brick cleaner

None

18.

How would you check the location of the cavity damp course?

Take a brick out

Look for the location of weep holes

Ask the builder

Doesn’t matter

None

19.

Where should cavities be constructed?

At the top of the wall

Middle of the wall

In a doorway

Between each wall

None

20.

Which of the following is a characteristic of an English Bond Wall?

The bond has one stretcher between headers

The bond has two stretchers between every header

The bond has five courses of stretchers between every course of headers

The bond has alternating stretching and heading courses

None

21.

Where should window frames and door jambs be located?

Built into a cavity wall

At least 1.2 metres below the top of a brick wall

Where specified on the plans

Resting on the bottom plate of a timber frame

None

22.

What is the purpose of wall ties?

To strengthen the concrete and bricks

To tie brick wall to internal timber wall or masonry

To attach the bottom line of bricks to a concrete slab

To temporarily hold a brick wall in place during construction

None

23.

What would you use to carry a load above a window or door opening?

Braces

Lintel

Noggin

None

24.

In the construction of a masonry arch, what does the term Centering mean?

The curve which binds the upper edge of the arch

Temporary shoring to hold the arch in place until it becomes self-supporting

The curve which binds the lower edge of the arch

The apex of the arch’s extrados

None

25.

When laying block load bearing walls, why is it important to clean cavities?

To preserve the colouring of the blocks

To make it easier to see if blocks begin to deteriorate

To ensure that the wall has a clean look when finished

To allow for smooth passage of grout mix to fill all hollow cores

None

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