Application Form Part 2 and Technical Industry Questions – Certificate III in Concreting

Excavate a trench by hand

Site Set Out and Levelling (Setting out L-and T-shape building on a site with fall; Use Spirit level, Optical or Dumpy level, Laser level)

Reinforcement: Place and fix reinforcement materials including deformed bars, rods and mesh sheets.

Calculate type and amount of concrete, and organise pour (including staff and timing)

Place concrete (at least 3 precast panels or a concrete slab to a size of at least 100 square metres)

Finish concrete (precast or non-precast concrete using a steel trowel, edging and jointing tool)

Cure concrete (precast or non-precast concrete by using a curing compound, covering, flooding, or ponding, fogging or steaming)

Apply decorative finishes (colour, exposed aggregate, pattern, stamping, polish and stencilling)

Cut and core concrete (Saw-cutting joints, Core hole through concrete)

Repair and rectify concrete (Repair defects such as cracks, broken edges, blistered, tolerance level repairs, cutting and replacing concrete)

What are the 3 main ingredients of concrete?

Why are control joints put in a concrete slab?

What reinforcement materials are commonly used in a concrete slab?

What grade of concrete is recommended for a standard driveway?

Concrete is strongest in …

After concrete has been placed when can the bull float be applied?

After concrete has been placed it can be finished by mechanical or manual trowelling at what stage of the process?

Why would you vibrate concrete?

If you are pouring an exposed aggregate driveway, what extra precautions do you need to take to protect the environment?

What is meant by the term “Curing Concrete”?