College for Adult Learning

Certificate IV in Building Project Support (Estimator)

CAL’s Certificate IV in Building Project Support (Estimator) will develop your construction estimating skills to give you the ability to successfully step into a construction estimator role. You’ll develop key skills to accurately identify quantities and estimate costs for construction projects from materials to labour and other resources. By taking this course, you'll also learn essential project management and scheduling skills to ensure you can manage competing deadlines and resourcing needs while maintaining quality standards, and complying with building codes and regulations.

What you’ll learn

• Identify project costs and produce schedules for ordering
• Understand and interpret information from sites specifications and manage the application of building codes
• Establish a workplace safety plan to keep crews and subcontractors safe
• Estimate labour and material required for projects to ensure they can be completed successfully

Graduating with this Certificate IV will set you up for success to manage the estimating aspect of construction projects to ensure costing, planning, and operations run smoothly. With the right set of skills, you’ll ensure sites are prepared with costs identified and all labour and materials arranged and scheduled for work to begin.

Technical Requirements

You will need regular access to a laptop, desktop computer or another device with the following:
An adequate and reliable internet connection; At least the equivalent of Microsoft Office or Office for Mac, with word-processing capabilities and spreadsheets; A PDF Reader installed; Full permissions to install and access third-party software as required. You will also need regular access to a laptop, desktop computer or device with an adequate camera to undertake video calls for assessments as required.