DEFMIL085 — Construct equipment bridging
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What an assessment for DEFMIL085 must cover
62 assessable components: 3 elements (21 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 33 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare and plan for gap crossing
- 1.1Receive and process requirement and confirm with higher authority as necessary.
- 1.2Identify resource availability and serviceability and determine constraints.
- 1.3Conduct site survey, risk and environmental assessment.
- 1.4Select suitable bridge design based on site survey and available resources.
- 1.5Develop construction/dismantle plan in accordance with design, resources, risks and environmental considerations.
- 1.6Refer problems that cannot be resolved locally to higher authority for resolution.
- 1.7Confirm and monitor competence of team members.
- 1.8Brief construction team.
- 1.9Liaise with outside agencies.
2 Construct gap crossing
- 2.1Direct and supervise construction team.
- 2.2Recognise and respond to unexpected situations that require a quick and decisive response.
- 2.3Check security, alignment and stability.
- 2.4Organise and direct support from outside agencies.
- 2.5Provide technical advice to higher authority or support agencies.
- 2.6Maintain gap crossing site and gap crossing.
3 Dismantle gap crossing and refurbish site and equipment
- 3.1Direct and supervise construction team in accordance with dismantle plan.
- 3.2Recover, clean and maintain gap crossing equipment, tools and materials.
- 3.3Store or redeploy gap crossing equipment, tools and materials.
- 3.4Refurbish site in accordance with environmental requirements.
- 3.5Complete documentation.
- 3.6Conduct post activity analysis and make recommendations.
Performance evidence
- commanding and controlling situations and people
- managing resources
- operating optical levelling and surveying devices
- producing design/plans
- producing written and verbal reports
- recording and processing data and information
- taking and recording accurate measurements
- leading a team to construct, maintain and dismantle a multi span bridging of not less than thirty metres made from modularised or improvised means
Knowledge evidence
- anchorages
- booming procedures and centre of gravity
- equipment bridge design features/requirements:
- site requirements (reconnaissance):
- location
- gap width, depth, obstacles, etc.
- current and direction
- angle of repose
- abutment design or enhancement
- soils testing and compaction methods
- routes in/out
- parts
- specifications
- user manual,
- material handling equipment requirements and support
- construction sequence
- designed traffic/load (MLC/tonnage)
- above ground or surface (stepped abutment)
- equipment bridge types:
- medium girder bridge (MGB)
- air portable bridge (APB)
- rapid emplacement bridge (REB)
- line of communication bridge (LOC)
- bailey bridge, acrow bridge (FMB)
- jacking system
- mathematics to a level necessary to meet all design and construction requirements
- types of bridge category:
- single span, multi span,
- simply supported or continuous
- variations in construction sequences:
- restricted sites
- floating piers
- multiple piers
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Questions about assessing DEFMIL085
What does an assessment tool for DEFMIL085 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for DEFMIL085 needs to address all 62 unit components: 3 elements with 21 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 33 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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