CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying and Blocklaying – RPL

Are you eligible for fee-free training?

This course may be subsidised by the NSW Government Smart and Skilled initiative. If you are eligible for the government subsidy, your student fee will be determined by the NSW Government.

Smart and Skilled prices are subject to funding availability. A quote of applicable fees and funding will be provided prior to enrolment.

A general guide to fees for this qualification pathway is as follows:

Note: On enrolment, you will be invoiced for $1,500.00. This consists of a non-refundable administration fee. According to the Standards for RTOs 2015, at no stage will Master Builders charge more than $1,500 in advance of services being provided.

Student fees will increase if you are assessed as ‘not yet competent’ by Recognition of Prior Learning in any unit/s of competency and are required to undertake classroom or distance-based training and assessment. 

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is the process by which you can achieve a nationally recognised qualification, without the need to attend classes. Simply follow our RPL kit and provide video and photographic evidence of the knowledge, skills and experience you have. Plus, our industry expert assessors come to your workplace to conduct the skills assessment, so there’s no time off-site.

The assessment practical activities are very specific and require you to have access to your workplace and a variety of job tasks. These tasks relate to the practical components of each unit of competency, and you must be able to have access to tools, equipment and materials necessary to carry out the tasks.

To participate you will need a laptop or computer with internet access to login. With our RPL program you can submit all the required assessment knowledge questions, practical activities and evidence in our online student system.

Watch our video for tips on how to gather evidence for your RPL kit.

Examples of the types of evidence that you will need to gather will depend on the qualification you are completing, however, examples could include:

• Video footage of your performing tasks on site
• Time-lapse photos of you performing tasks on site
• Certificates you have already gained 
• Project management documentation

Expand your employment and business opportunities and be on the pathway to a bricklayer licence. The CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying/Blocklaying RPL program is designed to enable Bricklayers to formally recognise their skills in Bricklaying work.

Before making any training decisions we recommend you find out everything you need to know about becoming a licenced Bricklayer from Fair Trading NSW.

Once the RPL program is successfully completed you will earn a nationally recognised qualification CPC33020 Certificate III in Bricklaying/Blocklaying.

Career benefits:

• Advance your employment opportunities and gain more work
• Start your own Bricklaying business
• Build your own clientele network
• Be on the pathway to a Bricklaying licence
• Pathway to become a builder

Master Builders applies the following entry requirements:

• a minimum of three years full-time (or equivalent) bricklaying and blocklaying-related experience in the construction industry (experience must be within
  the last 10 years)
• a valid White Card (General Construction Induction card)
• currently working on active bricklaying and blocklaying projects
• able to provide details of two referees to confirm your work history/experience. Referees must be a qualified/licenced tradesperson in bricklaying and have worked with you for 12 months or more
• able to answer at least 80% of the technical industry questions correctly during your application process.

Apply for your USI prior to application.

Enrolment Conditions

Master Builders has enrolment conditions to help you progress through your training:

• Students cannot enrol in more than one online qualification and/or program at the same time.
• Students cannot undertake more than two programs in total at a time.
• This does not include our online Professional Development, CPD Made Easier, or short 1 or 2 day courses.

This program must be completed within 6 months.

To achieve this, the knowledge based assessment is required to be completed and submitted within 2 months and all evidence is to be submitted within 5 months.

We recommend committing 10-15 hours per week on the course to complete within the 6 months.

Here is a list of the full units of competency in this course: