Careers & Qualifications

The information below will provide you with an idea of the qualification you need to work in the industry and how much you could expect to earn.

Plumbing & Services Qualifications

Job Title Qualification Salary(average)*
Plumber Certificate III in Plumbing $44,100
Refrigeration and air-conditioning mechanic Certificate III in Plumbing $52,500

*This is an average only, and includes apprentice wages. Good tradespeople can earn twice as much. (source www.myfuture.com.au )

In fact the Building Commission recently reported that in the June 2009 quarter, the average weekly earnings in the Victorian Building industry was $1542 - that is over $80,000 per year!

Civil Construction Qualifications

Careers and qualifications in the Civil Construction industry are listed below. Click on the link for more information about the qualification (you will be leaving the BICCIAB website and going to the SkillsDMC national industry skills council for the resouces and infrastructure sectors www.skillsdmc.com.au).

FREE Core Skills Resource for Employers

CPSISC have developed a resource that provides five good reasons that you can use when making your case for core skill training:
1. Efficiency = quality and productivity
2. Clear messages = achieving key objectives
3. Understanding learners’ core skills = effective training
4. Learning culture = innovation
5. Understanding roles = compliance and quality

'Women into Building' Industry Breakfast

A joint BICCIAB/CPSISC industry breakfast was held in Melbourne on the 31st of March to hear from Sam Sheppard and Peter Hinton from buildmore and Kym Peake the Deputy Secretary of Skills Victoria. Sam and Peter last year undertook a project to build a home that was designed, constructed and materials supplied predominately by women.

Reintroduction of fee concession for people under 25

The Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Hon Peter Hall, announced on the 19 January the Government’s decision to reintroduce tuition fee concessions for young people aged under 25 years undertaking Diploma and Advanced Diploma qualifications at TAFE institutes from 1 February 2011.

General Construction Qualifications

The table below provides a list of the qualifications from the CPC08 Construction and Plumbing Services Training Package that are involved in the General Construction industry. General Construction covers occupations that are commonly involved in residential and commercial building and construction projects.

If you would like to find out more detailed information, such as each unit of competency required to achieve the qualification, just click on the title. Please note that you will be leaving the BICCIAB website.

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