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Undertake this assessment when you have finished your training and are satisfied that you have all
the knowledge and skills outlined in this assessment. Please discuss this assessment with your
teacher/assessor if you have any concerns.
Assessment tasks
• Assessment 1 – Complete the bracing calculation sheet for a house.
Your final result will be marked as competent (C) or not yet competent (NYC).
Assessment 1
Title: Calculate the bracing calculation sheet for a house.
Specification
• Wind classification N1
• Brick veneer dwelling
• Wall height 2400
Assessment 1
Title: Calculate the bracing calculation sheet for a house.
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
What is the wind pressure for wind direction 1?
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10
What is the maximum contribution that nominal bracing can contribute to the total racking forces?
Question 11
Question 12
Question 13
Question 14
Question 15
Question 16
Question 17
What type and how many bracing units will you use for wind direction 1?
Question 18
What type and how many bracing units will you use for wind direction 2?
Competent:
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Assessment 2
Title: Build a partial timber wall frame for a house.
You will be required to build a partial timber wall frame in a place arranged with your assessor. The
bracing will meet the calculations you have already completed in Assessment 1.
Your teacher/assessor will observe you building the wall frame and may ask you questions about the
work you are doing. They will then fill in the assessment record sheet.
• Cavity – 40 mm
Assessment 2
Apprentice name:
Contractor Date
Activity Build a partial timber wall frame for a house. Accepted Yes No
Area
Please submit this form to your assessor once you have completed it.
Assessment 2
Title: Estimating and costing sheet for building a partial timber wall frame for a house
You are required to conduct a cost estimate as part of your assessment for this project.
Total $
Please submit this form to your assessor once you have completed it.
Assessment 2
Title: Build a partial timber wall frame for a house
Competent
The assessor will observe the following aspects of this task
Yes No
Competent
Comments
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Assessment 3
Title: Build a partial steel wall frame for a house.
You will be required to build a partial steel wall frame in a place arranged with your assessor. The
bracing will meet the calculations you have already completed in Assessment 1.
Your teacher/assessor will observe you building the steel wall frame and may ask you questions
about the work you are doing. They will then fill in the assessment record sheet.
• Cavity – 40 mm
Assessment 3
Apprentice name:
Contractor Date
Please submit this form to your assessor once you have completed it.
Assessment 3
Title: Estimating and costing sheet for building a partial steel frame for a house.
You are required to conduct a cost estimate as part of your assessment for this project.
Total $
Please submit this form to your assessor once you have completed it.
Assessment 3
Title: Build a partial steel wall frame for a house.
Competent
The assessor will observe the following aspects of this task
Yes No
Competent
Comments
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Assessment 4
Title: Written answers to questions.
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
By reference to the accompanying plan calculate the number of bracing units required to brace the
structure.
Question 4
Determine the actual number of nominal bracing units that can be achieved.
Question 5
Question 6
Is there any difference when selecting material for the top or bottom plates and why?
Question 7
Explain the procedure for setting out stud positions on wall plates. List studs in the order they are set
out.
Question 8
What must be taken into account before an overall wall height can be determined?
Question 9
Why is it important plates butt tightly together without a cap when fixing top plates at junctions and
joins?
Question 10
State the nail size required when nailing studs through 45 mm plates.
Question 11
What precautions must be taken when sorting zincalume wall frames and components on site?
Question 12
What must be done by the steel frame erector, should the need for on site structural modifications of
the frame become evident?
Question 13
Question 14
When standing wall frames on a floor slab, what problems arise if the edge of the slab falls away?
Question 15
Question 16
Neatly sketch and show three methods of fixing down steel wall frames to floor systems.
1. 2.
3.
This sheet is a summary of all the assessment you have done for this unit of competency. It will be
filled in by your teacher/workplace assessor and signed by you then kept on record by the teacher.
Competent
Summary of assessments
Yes No
Comments
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