RII60520 - Advanced Diploma Of Civil Construction Design CRICOS Course Code: 115290G

DVANCED DIPLOMA OF CIVIL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN

Our Entry Requirements

Franklin International College has the following entry requirements: 

  • Have completed minimum Senior high school of Year 11 or equivalent 

English Language Requirements

To demonstrate proficiency in English, candidates must fulfill one of the following criteria:

  1. Achieve an IELTS overall score of at least 6.0, or its equivalent. Alternatively, a score of 5.5 is acceptable if combined with at least 10 weeks of ELICOS, or a score of 5.0 if combined with at least 20 weeks of ELICOS.
  2. Have completed a Certificate III, IV, Diploma, or Advanced Diploma level qualification in Australia within the last 2 years.
  3. Completed a Certificate III or Certificate IV in ESL or EAL from the ESL/EAL Framework.
  4. Successfully finished the ELICOS Course: General English at the Upper Intermediate Level.

Note – If an International overseas student is unable to provide any of the above evidence at the time of enrolment they will be required to complete Franklin International College’s English Language Proficiency Assessment to ensure that they have the required English proficiency level for the course in which they want to enrol.

Delivery Mode

This course will be delivered 20 hours a week face-to-face.

Duration and Intakes

This qualification will be delivered over 104 weeks, including 80 weeks of training and assessment spread over 8 terms of 10 weeks and 24 weeks of holidays.

Course Fees

A detailed payment plan and payment arrangements are provided in the letter of offer and written agreement. 
Non-payment of course fees may result in the cancellation of enrolment.

Assessment Methods

Assessment will occur through a variety of methods, including projects, role-plays, observations, logbooks, case studies, and short answer questions. 

Note that for international students’ satisfactory course progress is required to meet visa requirements. More information can be found in the Course progress policy and procedure or International Student Handbook. 

Equipment: Students must also supply their own laptop with Microsoft Office software e.g., Office 365 Personal that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Publisher. For printing completed assessments, you will need to have your own USB. Please refer to the International Student Handbook for the specification and other technical requirements.

Enrolment Procedure

Please contact our office via www.franklincollege.edu.au to discuss commencement dates, enrolment procedures, payment methods or any course related matters. 

Delivery Location

L1 341 Queen St, MELBOURNE, VIC 3000 

Intakes Date

Enrolment and Orientation

Upon acceptance of a student’s application for enrolment, a letter of offer, as well as a written agreement and tax invoice for remaining fees, will be forwarded to students. Students must read through all the provided information as it will provide all the necessary information about the course of study.  A Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) letter will be issued once the signed acceptance of the offer, written agreement and payments are received.  

Orientation will be held one week before the commencement of the course. The orientation class will include information about the campus, living in Australia, accessing our support services and methods for achieving success throughout the course, including course progress requirements

QUALIFICATION DESCRIPTION

This qualification reflects the role of an individual working as a senior civil works designer or a para-professional designer, who supports professional engineers. They perform tasks that are broad, specialised, complex and technical and include strategic areas and initiating activities. They are responsible for the design of complex projects to ensure the implementation of the client’s site requirements and are required to demonstrate self-directed application of theoretical and technical knowledge and initiate solutions to technical problems or management requirements.

Course Structure

The RII60520 – Advanced Diploma of Civil Construction Design requires the successful completion of 12 Units that includes, Five (5) Core Units and (7) Seven elective units. Units have been selected in accordance with the packaging rules and are relevant to the work outcome, local industry requirements and qualification level.  

Units included in this qualification are:

Unit Code Unit Title Core or Elective
BSBPMG632 Manage program risk Core
BSBTWK502 Manage team effectiveness Core
BSBWHS616 Apply safe design principles to control WHS risks Core
RIICWD601E Manage civil works design processes Core
RIIQUA601E Establish and maintain a quality system Core
RIIBEF601E Conduct business negotiations Elective
RIIBEF604E Conduct a feasibility study Elective
BSBPMG540 Manage project integration Elective
BSBPMG540 Manage project integration Elective
RIICWD512E Prepare detailed design of motorways and interchanges Elective
RIICWD507D Prepare detailed geotechnical design Elective
RIILAT402E Provide leadership in the supervision of diverse work teams Elective
MEM30031 Operate computer-aided design (CAD)system to produce basic drawing elements Elective

Training Arrangements

 To meet the course progress requirements students must participate in learning activities and assessment tasks must be satisfactory. Students are required to attend classes for 20 hours a week. Detailed timetable information will be provided to the students during orientation.

Course Credit 

Students may apply for recognition of existing qualifications or skills, knowledge, and experience (credit transfer or recognition of prior learning) as per the information included in our International Student Handbook, which is available at www.franklincollege.edu.au 

For international students, the granting of course credit may affect course fees as well as the duration of the course. The result of an application for credit and any changes to fees or course duration will be advised to students in writing.  

If course credit is granted following the issuance of the Confirmation of Enrolment, students will receive a new Confirmation of Enrolment showing a reduced duration. For any questions about course credit, contact us via info@franklincollege.edu.au.

OSHC 

International students are also required to have Overseas Student Health Cover before arriving in Australia. Franklin International College provides details of OSHC providers in the International Student Handbook.

Complaints and Appeals

Students can access FIC Complaints and Appeals policy in the Student Handbook, telephone 1300 841 006 or email to info@franklincollege.edu.au.

Additional Support 

All students will be provided with a range of learning support options and resources to help them achieve competency.  This includes:  

  • Academic and personal support. 
  • Referral to external support services

Privacy and Confidentiality 

We strictly abide by all Australian state and federal requirements relating to your privacy and confidentiality including the VET Quality Framework, the Privacy Act 1988 and Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000.