Purple Apple Training is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO number 46364) registered with the Australian Skills Quality Authority. Purple Apple Training is proud to offer the CPP50721 Diploma of Access Consulting as an 18-month part time program. The program involves both scheduled online classroom learning activities and workplace based training and assessment. This program provides learners with skills and knowledge required to work independently using specialised knowledge to conduct a range of access consulting services, including providing specific advisory and audit services and assessing buildings, sites and plans for the provision of access for people with disability. If you work in or wish to pursue a career as an access consulting, this is the course for you.

This is a qualification for access consultants who work independently using specialised knowledge to conduct a range of access consulting services, including providing specific advisory and audit services and assessing buildings, sites and plans for the provision of access for people with disability. Access consultants interpret and apply the requirements of relevant legislation, codes and standards, including building control and anti-discrimination legislation and the National Construction Code (NCC), to ensure compliance of provisions for access.

Purple Apple Training Pty Ltd is responsible under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 for the quality of the training and assessment being delivered in this course and for the issuance of all AQF certificates.

The CPP50721 Diploma of Access Consulting comprises 25 units of competency. Purple Apple Training have organised these units of competency into relevant modules relating to shared skills and knowledge or shared work tasks. This results in an efficient and holistic delivery of training and assessment and a structure that is very logical for learners. We use a problem-based learning model to ensure that real skills akin to the workplace are developed throughout the duration of the course..

To be issued the qualification CPP50721 Diploma of Access Consulting a learner must be assessed as competent in 25 units of competency. These units of competency are comprised of 15 core units and 10 elective units. Purple Apple Training have selected the elective units of competency within this course and have chosen these based on providing the learner a broad set of skills with a focus on providing access consulting services in the construction industry. The selected units of competency are also supported by the learning content within the prescribed text. The selection of these units of competency and the course structure has been confirmed through industry engagement undertaken by Purple Apple Training.

The CPP50721 Diploma of Access Consulting is delivered using the course structure outlined below:

Module 1 - Disability Awareness

• CPPACC4001 Apply disability awareness to assess & determine access solutions
• PSPREG004 Promote client compliance
• CHCDIV001 Work with diverse people
• CPCCSV5004A Apply legislation to urban development & building controls

Module 2 - Professional Practice

• BSBOPS504 Manage Business Risk
• BSBLDR414 Lead team effectiveness
• CPPACC4004 Communicate effectively as an access consultant
• CPPACC4015 Follow WHS requirements when working at client sites
• CPPACC5020 Undertake research on access issues

Module 3 - Access Assessment

• CPPACC4002 Apply building control legislation to accessibility assessment of small-scale buildings
• CPPACC4017 Prepare access reports
• CPPACC4022 Work effectively as an access consultant
• CPPACC5001 Assess building work documentation for access compliance
• CPPACC5004 Apply building codes & standards to accessible large-scale buildings
• CPPACC6002 Apply performance-based codes & risk management principles when assessing buildings for access

Module 4 - Applying Practical Skills

• CPPACC4005 Conduct building access audits
• CPPACC4007 Conduct streetscape access audits
• CPPACC4012 Conduct outdoor recreation area access audits
• CPPACC5003 Apply anthropometric principles to accessible building design & fitout
• CPPACC5006 Apply ergonomic principles to accessible building design & fitout
• CPPACC5007 Apply mechanics of human body functions to accessible building design & fitout
• CPPACC5010 Provide access advice on the design of the built environment
• CPPACC5017 Provide expert advice on building renovations
• CPPACC5016 Provide expert access advice on renovations to private dwellings
• CPPACC5019 Coordinate the development & implementation of DDA Action Plans

These competencies have been drawn from the nationally endorsed industry training package the Property Services Training Package (CPP). On successfully completing the training and assessment, the CPP50721 Diploma of Access Consulting qualification will be issued. A transcript listing all units of competency will also be issued.

The qualification and units of competency are nationally recognised and provide individuals with a valuable qualification that can be applied throughout Australia and the wider children’s services community. Purple Apple Training will issue a qualification within 30 days of the final assessment being completed.

Training is delivered in a blended mode that consists of the following:

• face-to-face virtual classroom setting that includes presentations, classroom discussions and breakout brainstorming sessions
• self-paced learning conducted outside of scheduled online classroom sessions to enable a deeper understanding of the content and prepare for training assessments tasks (4 hours per week over the duration of the course)
• one-on-one support sessions where individual questions and concerns can be discussed one-on-one with allocated trainers. A total of ten (10) one (1) hour sessions are included in enrolment
• unlimited phone support that will enable direct access to Purple Apple Trainers
• collaborative online forum as a means of communicating with your peers

Learners will be provided with professionally presented reference material to assist them to develop their knowledge of the subject.

The program is designed to be delivered over 18 months. Purple Apple Training will support participants that need additional time. Alternatively, participants who have pre-existing skills and knowledge may be able to complete the course in a shorter duration.

The assessment is conducted using projects as part of the problem-based learning model. Learners will undertake two (2) projects of differing size and complexity. The deliverables (assessment tasks) for each project have been designed to reflect deliverables expected by industry in combination with realistic workplace tasks, response to case studies and feedback from trainers acting as the client.

This includes preparation of checklists to guide the assessment of plans, conducting stakeholder engagement sessions and conducting access audits that are required as part of the project work.

In working through the delivery for each project, the learners will create various workplace documents and outputs relating to the units of competency being delivered such as reports marked plans and risk management assessments. Where appropriate, the learner will be supplied with template documents and tools to facilitate learning.

A trainer will guide and support learners throughout the assessment process. The trainer will ask probing questions, provide feedback and clarify misunderstandings (as would a client in the workplace environment), and ensure that learners stay on track.

This will be facilitated through the one-on-one sessions programmed into the course.

The learner will submit the Project work which will be reviewed by the assessor according to defined benchmarks established from the knowledge and performance evidence.

There are no specified entry requirements for this qualification specified within the Industry Training Package. Noting this, Purple Apple Training requires persons who undertake this course to:

• be working in architecture / building design, building consulting, planning, construction management, occupational therapy, or related field; OR
• have a qualification (Certificate IV or higher) in a related field; AND
• be able to commit to the course duration and time commitment.

These entry requirements will be confirmed through information collected on the enrolment form.

Applicants can apply for recognition of their existing skills and knowledge that are relevant to the units of competency within the program. These skills and knowledge may have been obtained through workplace training or experience and may reduce the number of units required to be completed during the program. Learners are encouraged to notify Purple Apple Training of their interest or intention to apply for RPL with their enrolment. After you have enrolled, we will provide you with a pre-training review questionnaire that gathers information about your prior experience. This information is then used to determine the best pathway for you to achieve competency.

Detailed student information is available within our Learner Handbook which is supplied with the enrolment package. This booklet contains important information about a student’s rights and obligations such as their right to privacy, a safe training environment and the right to complain or appeal an assessment decision. It is important that persons applying for enrolment have had an opportunity to review this information first. Please click on the download links provided..

While the course is delivered online, learners are still required to present at online sessions in neat, casual attire suitable for an office setting. Learner’s will require basic stationary and a notebook according to their own study preferences during online classroom sessions and self-paced learning.

Access to a computer (with webcam and microphone) that has an internet connection is mandatory to allow learners to undertake online classroom training, self-paced learning and to prepare submissions for assessment. This should include the normal office suite of programs including word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software, pdf reader / editor and email. Much of the communications during the course is conducted via email. Learners are not required to print their assignments for submission as all submissions will be submitted electronically.