Prepare a Schedule of Rates for Civil WorksINTRODUCTION: Welcome to the Prepare a Schedule of Rates for Civil Works course. This course only includes a challenge assessment designed to assess your knowledge and skills required to demonstrate competence in interpreting civil works schedule of rates requirements, identifying labour, material and subcontractor service needs, obtaining and assessing quotations, calculating rates, completing schedules and maintaining current rate information.

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome to the Prepare a Schedule of Rates for Civil Works course. This course only includes a challenge assessment designed to assess your knowledge and skills required to demonstrate competence in interpreting civil works schedule of rates requirements, identifying labour, material and subcontractor service needs, obtaining and assessing quotations, calculating rates, completing schedules and maintaining current rate information.

Preparing a schedule of rates for civil works involves obtaining work requirements, applying project documentation, listing labour, materials and subcontractor services, documenting specifications, inviting and assessing quotations, and calculating rates for use in civil works activities. In real workplace practice, this skill area is important because schedules of rates must provide accurate, agreed and current pricing information to support project costing, supplier selection, subcontractor engagement, approvals, filing and ongoing review.

The course assessment focuses on your ability to obtain, interpret and confirm schedule of rates requirements; access and apply required documentation; identify and agree on labour, material and subcontractor service lists; document material specifications and subcontractor service details; prepare, approve and issue invitations to quote; assess quotation documents against specifications; select suppliers; calculate scheduled material, subcontractor and labour rates using quoted prices, hourly labour costs and labour cost factors; complete, submit, approve and file schedules of rates; provide clarification, review application, recommend improvements and maintain current rates.

By successfully completing this course assessment, you will have demonstrated that you can prepare a schedule of rates for civil works by interpreting work requirements, developing agreed labour, material and subcontractor service information, documenting specifications, managing quotations, calculating accurate rates, completing approval and filing processes, and supporting review, clarification and improvement of rate information.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS ASSESSMENT:

This course assessment is based on the following topics:

1.    Obtaining, interpreting and confirming work requirements for civil works schedule of rates preparation.

2.    Accessing, interpreting and applying required documentation to prepare compliant civil works schedules of rates.

3.    Identifying and listing on-site labour types that may be employed in civil works activities.

4.    Identifying and listing materials required for civil works activities.

5.    Identifying and listing on-site subcontractor services that may be employed in civil works activities.

6.    Gaining agreement on lists of labour, materials and subcontractor services required for civil works.

7.    Developing and documenting details and specifications for listed civil works materials.

8.    Developing and documenting details of listed on-site subcontractor services.

9.    Gaining agreement on material specifications and subcontractor service details.

10. Preparing, approving and issuing invitations to quote for materials and subcontractor services.

11. Assessing materials and subcontractor quotation documents against invitation specifications.

12. Selecting suppliers and calculating scheduled rates for materials and subcontractor services using quoted prices.

13. Developing labour cost factors and applying them to hourly labour costs to determine on-site labour rates.

14. Completing, submitting, approving and filing civil works schedules of rates according to site requirements.

15. Providing clarification, reviewing application, recommending improvements and maintaining current rates for labour, materials and subcontractor services.

ABOUT THIS ASSESSMENT-ONLY COURSE:

This Assessment-Only course is designed for experienced professionals who already have a solid understanding of this subject area and simply wish to verify and document their existing knowledge. Instead of working through learning resources, you will go straight to a quiz that assesses your current competency in this field.

ASSESSMENT FORMAT & SUBMISSION ATTEMPTS:

This course assessment consists of a 20-question multiple-choice & true-or-false quiz with unlimited submission attempts during your enrolment period.

ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME & VALIDITY:

The typical time to complete this assessment is approximately 10-15 minutes. Your enrolment is Valid for 12 Months from the date of purchase.

CERTIFICATION:

Upon successful completion of this course assessment, you will receive a customised digital “Certificate of Completion”.