
Builders CPD Portal

Minimising Waste on the Building and Construction Site - $250.00
- Designing for waste avoidance
- On-site recycling strategies
- Minimising land-fill
- Estimated duration: 12 hours
- Ideal for builders and site supervisors
- 24 CPD Points

Building Thermal Energy Efficiency Course - $400.00
- Thermal Mass
- Passive Solar Design
- Insulation and Glazing
- Estimated duration: 16 hours
- Ideal for builders and site supervisors
- 24 CPD Points

Road-Map to Zero-Carbon Homes - $65.00
- Presented by Jeremy Spencer - 2 CPD points
- What are the big ticket items to focus effort on?
- What are the benefits?
- What are the costs?

Evaluating Materials for Multi-Storey Buildings - $250.00
- Greening Your Supply Chain
- Understanding Life Cycle Analysis
- Quality Control
- Properties of Building Materials
- Specifying and Testing Sustainable Concrete
- 12 CPD Points

Building Science and Energy Efficiency - $200.00
- 12 CPD Points
- Understanding the building envelope
- Passive Design
- The energy efficiency pyramid

Sustainable Timber - Australian Facts and Solutions - $65.00
- Presenter: Mark Thompson
- 2 CPD points
- Timber certification schemes

Retrofitting Existing Buildings for Energy Efficiency - $100.00
- Identifying and evaluating the opportunities to improve energy conservation and efficiency of the existing building.
- Research and select energy efficient materials, products and systems.
- Finalising a retro-fit action plan
- 12 CPD points

Managing Energy Efficient Building Methods - $100.00
- For builders, and site supervisors of medium-rise and commercial buildings
- Developing a culture of energy efficient work practices
- National Construction Code deemed-to-satisfy requirements
- processes for evaluating energy efficiencies in buildings

Introduction to Passive House - $65.00
- This course provides an introduction to Passive House
- Presented by Jesse Glascott and Hamish White from Builders Declare
- 2 CPD points

Building Codes and Standards for Low-rise Residential Projects - FREE
- Introduction to NCC
- Introduction to Australian Standards
- Classifying Buildings
- Introduction to Building Regulations

Structural Principles of Large or Complex Buildings - $350.00
- Performance characteristics of structural elements
- Properties of materials
- Coordinating and managing site and job set-up
- Analysing and planning for structural integrity of buildings
- 24 CPD Points

Assessing Construction Faults in Large Building Projects - $350.00
- 12 CPD Points
- Principles of water exclusion
- Analysing construction techniques, methods and materials
- Reporting non-conformant materials
- Resolving construction faults

Managing and Evaluating OHS Risk - $350.00
- WHS Management
- Creating Safety Policies for Construction
- Conducting Safety Audits for Construction
- 24 CPD Points