Explore Building & Construction Skills: Site preparation and foundations; Framing and cladding. Read the actual course outline before choosing.
Confirm your cohort: Building & Construction Skills 2024 v1.2. Unit options and their order depend on school delivery.
What will I learn?
Unit option A: Site preparation and foundations
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesUnit option B: Framing and cladding
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesUnit option C: Fixing and finishing
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesUnit option D: Construction in the domestic building industry
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesUnit option E: Construction in the commercial building industry
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesUnit option F: Construction in the civil construction industry
Published unit options — ask which your school teachesHow will I be assessed?
School arrangements: The published tasks below cover unit options. Your school selects a programme; this list is not the number of tasks every student completes.
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Site preparation and foundations
Published course / existing guide: Project — Site preparation and foundations
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Framing and cladding
Published course / existing guide: Project — Framing and cladding
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Fixing and finishing
Published course / existing guide: Project — Fixing and finishing
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Domestic building
Published course / existing guide: Project — Domestic building
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Commercial building
Published course / existing guide: Project — Commercial building
Published course / existing guide: Practical demonstration — Civil construction
Published course / existing guide: Project — Civil construction
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Does it scale up or down?
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Sources, versions and verification dates
Profile source metadata last checked: 2026-11-13. A source check is not an endorsement by the authority or confirmation that a future course version is unchanged.
- Building & Construction Skills: QCAA course and implementation — QCAA; 2026-11-13. "Building & Construction Skills Applied senior syllabus 2024" [level=3] For implementation with students who will complete their study of the course in 2025 or beyond.
- Building & Construction Skills 2024 v1.2: published learning/assessment labels — QCAA; 2026-11-13. Primary PDF edition matches the edition advertised on the live course page. Factual contents labels; school delivery, task dates and results are separate. © State of Queensland (QCAA), CC BY 4.0; see the document copyright notice.