Unit support · RIISAM201E
Handle resources and infrastructure materials and safely localise services
This unit is about moving and handling materials safely, working out quantities, and knowing where the underground services are before you dig.
What you'll need to know
- Manual handling risks and techniques.
- Common civil materials and their uses.
- Measurement, area, volume and mix ratios.
- Service location and Before You Dig requirements.
Workplace skills
- Calculate material quantities for a described task and check the result.
- Demonstrate safe manual handling of materials.
- Identify service location requirements before excavation.
What the unit says, step by step
1. Plan and prepare
- 1.1 Read the job instructions and work out what materials you need.
- 1.2 Find out what is underground before anything goes in the ground.
2. Handle materials
- 2.1 Lift and shift without hurting your back.
- 2.2 Work out how much you need — and check it.
Assessment conditions: Assessment occurs under the RTO's assessment arrangements using workplace or simulated material handling tasks.
Important words
- ratioHow many parts of one thing go with another — like 1 part cement to 4 parts sand.
- spoilThe dirt and rock taken out of an excavation.
- serviceUnderground power, water, gas or comms.
Foundation skills in this unit
- NumeracyMeasure, calculate area, volume and mix ratios.
- ReadingRead material specifications and service plans.
- Learning skillsApply a method to a new material or task.
Practice activities
- Manual handling that saves your backUnloading pit lids and pipe from a truck15 min
- Reading a tape measureSetting out timber for formworkDone
- Concrete mixes and partsHand mixing footings on a remote job20 min
- Area for slabs, paving and paintQuoting a driveway and a shed slab20 min
- Volume: ordering concrete without wasteOrdering a concrete truck for a shed slab20 min
- Estimating and checking your answerSanity-checking a materials order before it goes in15 min
Progress
1 of 6 GroundUp activities · 1/2 knowledge practice
This is GroundUp learning progress and knowledge practice. Your trainer or assessor makes all formal assessment decisions for this unit.
GroundUp support content only. Unit requirements are restated in plain language for learning support. Formal assessment and competency decisions remain with the RTO and its qualified trainers and assessors.