qualified CONTRACTOR

Course Outline

This qualification provides an introduction to the construction industry, its culture, occupations, job roles and workplace expectations. The units of competency cover essential work health and safety requirements, the industrial and work organisation structure, communication skills, work planning, and basic use of tools and materials. The qualification is built around a basic construction project unit that integrates the skills and embeds the facets of employability skills in context.

This qualification is suitable for licensing with NSW Fair Trading for the following contractor licenses:

• Pressure washing / graffiti removal / brick cleaning work.
• Repair, resurfacing or application of a protective coating to bathroom tiles, baths.
• Non-structural repair work.

MIBT’s training program is flexible and focuses on matching your learning progress, with any on-the-job experience you might gain week to week. The Certificate I in Construction qualification has 11 units of competency comprised of 8 core units and 3 elective units to be selected from the list below.

Depending on your location, MIBT offers blended on-site and online skills training that compliments workplace learning. MIBT trainers are directly available to all trainees – and their employers, throughout the training process. We come to you, to assess work activities and provide practical tutorials, on unit elements that might not be covered on the job.

Quality Training

MIBT's education group come from the building and construction industry. All MIBT trainers and assessors are qualified building professionals. We are therefore committed to providing quality outcomes for our students, their employers, and the people that live in the homes, or occupy the buildings, created through the work, skills and knowledge of our students, as applied throughout their career.

Course Price

For all states (except QLD): $1,800 paid as:

• $500 on enrolment, and
• 2 payments of $650

QLD: $500 (funded by the QLD government as VET Investment).