Assignment
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Assessment requirements
Assignment for Section 2: Key stages
Project schedule
The table below shows the various tasks required to renovate a kitchen. Your job is to write up a project schedule for this renovation.
You'll see that each trade is listed separately, with a breakdown of the number of hours needed to complete each stage of their work. Some of these stages - such as the plasterer's sheeting, setting and sanding - can be done on consecutive days. But most of the stages done by the other trades will need to be re-ordered so that they work in with each other in the correct sequence.
Let's say that the starting time for each day is 7 am, and that no work can be carried out after 5 pm. We'll also say that no work is to be carried out on a Sunday.
Note that some of the tradespeople will be able to work on the job at the same time, because they won't be interfering in each others' work. But in other cases - such as the plasterer and painter - you will only be able to have one trade working at a time.
How quickly can you get this project completed? Develop a project schedule, showing the starting and finishing times for each trade and day. Use the Word document below to complete the schedule. Day 1 of Week 1 is done for you.
Doc (76 KB) Project schedule template
Click on the link above to go to the Word document you will need to complete. You should fill in your answers on-screen and then either:
- print out a hard copy to send to your trainer by post
- save the file electronically to submit to your trainer as an email attachment.
Tasks required to renovate a kitchen
| Tradesperson | Task | Time (hrs) |
|---|---|---|
| Carpenter | Fit new door, skirtings and architraves | 6 |
| Prepare the work area, remove old kitchen cabinets and floor covering, remove wall and ceiling sheeting | 8 | |
| Electrician | Terminate power and look at scope of the job | 1.5 |
| Run new power cables for extra circuits | 4 | |
| Connect stove, oven, exhaust fan and down lights | 4 | |
| Plumber | Terminate water and look at scope of the job | 1.5 |
| Run new water and drainage pipes | 4 | |
| Connect sink and dishwasher | 3 | |
| Plasterer ('Gyprocker') | Sheet the walls and ceiling, set the base coat (leave remainder of day) | 6 |
| Set the top coat (leave remainder of day) | 4 | |
| Set the skim coat (leave remainder of day) | 4 | |
| Sand the walls and ceiling | 2 | |
| Tiler | Prepare the floor and lay tiles. (Note that there must be no traffic on the floor for one day after the tiles are laid) | 14 |
| Grout floor tiles | 4 | |
| Tile walls (splashback) | 3 | |
| Grout wall tiles | 2 | |
| Polish tiles | 2 | |
| Painter | Paint walls and ceiling | 8 |
| Cabinetmaker | Install kitchen cabinets and bench tops | 9 |