Reinforced concrete for engineers and supervisors

Standard details

CITB has developed this standard in discussion with industry

Duration

3 days of 6 learning hours

Purpose/Scope

The purpose of this standard is to provide the delegate with the knowledge to support the following:

Scope:

• reinforcement:
• materials
• storage
• erecting/building from drawings
• building formwork shutters around reinforcement
• checking cover
• visual pre-pour inspections
• identifying and rectifying problems
• operational elements of concrete
• common issues in concrete and steel design
• selecting aggregates, cement and admixtures
• terminology
• carry out slump tests
• cubes for compaction
• testing plastic concrete

Occupational relevance

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational group(s):

• operative and craft
• supervision

Delegates pre-requisites

There are no delegate pre-requisites as part of this standard

Instruction/Supervision

As a minimum, course trainers must be able to demonstrate that, in relation to this standard, they have:

• an award in education and training (or equivalent, as per requirements for approved training organisations)
• a verifiable CV demonstrating extensive experience in construction across a broad range of construction projects (civils, building etc.) and current experience / CPD
• successfully completed training to this standard
• at least 10 years relevant industrial experience

Delivery

Delivery may be in an on or off the job environment.

All materials and equipment must be of a suitable quality and quantity for delegates to achieve learning outcomes and must comply with relevant legislation.

The class size and delegate/trainer ratio must allow training to be delivered in a safe manner and enable delegates to achieve the learning outcomes.

The following delivery methods may be used in the delivery of this standard:

• classroom

This standard is considered to contain 51% or more practical training.

This standard is considered to be set at an intermediate level.

Assessment

Methods of assessment considered appropriate for training delivered against this standard are:

For the successful completion of training, the trainer must be satisfied that the delegate has achieved all learning outcomes.

Quality assurance

Assured

Quality assurance against this standard will require initial approval of the training organisation and their content mapped to the standard.

CITB will also conduct an approval intervention, either desk-based or centre visit, to ensure the training organisation can meet the requirements of the training standard.

Approved training organisations (ATOs) will be required to present information on records of training and assessment upon request to CITB for desk-based analysis. They will also be visited annually by the CITB quality assurance team.

Renewal/refresher

There are no mandatory renewal or recommended refresher requirements for this standard.

Classification

Lifetime

(Please note standards using this classification will only be grant aided once per delegate)

Approval date

December 2021

Review cycle

On request or 3 years from approval date.

Learning outcomes

The delegate will be able to:

• identify different materials, bar types, diameter, shape code and schedules
  • reinforcement
• identify the need for storage and call off of reinforcement
  • including handling of reinforcement
• identify information from drawing specification
• erect/build steel reinforcement to specification
• identify traditional or system formwork shutters and components/ accessories to erect around
• reinforcement to specification
• build and erect formwork shutters around reinforcement to specification from drawings
• transfer levels around formwork and reinforcement, checking cover
• carry out visual pre pour inspections and identify problems and inaccuracies
• rectify problems and sign off inspection
• describe the operational elements of concrete
• identify common issues in concrete and steel design
• describe selection and function of aggregates, cement and admixtures
• clarify elements of precise concrete designation terminology
• carry out slump tests and use information to ensure appropriate workability
• prepare cubes for compaction and translate results, including:
  • testing of hardened concrete
  • casting test specimens (cubes)
  • storage of specimens and non-destructive testing for strength assessment
• methods placing
  
  • Skip, pump, tremie, slip-form, jump-form, foamed concrete, sprayed concrete
• test plastic concrete
  • Discussion and identification around sampling, consistence – slump and flow, self-compacting concrete: slump-flow and other tests
  • entrained air
  • fibres
  • plastic density
  • estimating yield
• finish and strike formwork
  • Practical application and striking forms or formwork, cleaning and storage of materials and equipment

Additional information about this standard

Training delivered against this standard would be relevant to the following occupational group(s):

• students studying civil engineering or construction management at any level
• trainee engineers and construction managers who are already involved in concrete activities
• graduate engineers and construction managers
• operative and craft supervision who use concrete and steel reinforcement and would like to increase their productivity and range of skills

Health & Safety Executive (HSE) guides:

• Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974
• Health and safety in construction
• Personal protective equipment a brief guide
• PPE
• PUWER
• COSHH
• RIDDOR
• LOLER
• CDM
• Manual handling
• Noise
• Hand-arm vibration
• Electrical

Legislation

www.legislation.gov.uk:

• Health and Safety at Work etc Act (HSWA) 1974
• The Work at Height Regulations (WHR) 2005
• Work at Height (Amended) 2007
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Regulations 2002
• Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) at Work Regulations 1992
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) (1998 UK 1999 NI)
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) 2002
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations (LOLER) 1998
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015
• Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996
• Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 as amended 2002
• Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005
• Control of Vibration at Work Regulations 2005.

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• Concrete polishing
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• Cold weather concreting
• Identifying blemishes defects and deteriorating concrete
• Introduction to concrete and its constituents
• Insulated concrete formwork
• Industrial concrete flooring laser screeder operator
• Post-tensioning theory and practice refresher
• Post tensioning for supervisors
• Post-tensioning theory and practice
• Supervision of concrete pumping operations
• Specifying concrete and receiving onsite
• Visual concrete perception practicalities and specifying