Estimating Essentials

Don't lose money on your next job

Our Estimating Essentials training course is for builders and trade contractors.

Get skilled to accurately estimate materials, labour, costs and time and ensure you make money – not lose it.

Learn from experienced industry leaders in this in a one-day workshop.

Why enrol?

Having the skills and knowledge to estimate materials, labour and time are fundamental to any trade contracting business, and are vital in ensuring you don’t lose money on a job.

Course outline

Estimating Essentials provides the skills and knowledge required to estimate materials, labour and time requirements and establish costs for provision of services or products in basic construction work.

You’ll learn how to:

Gather product and service information from plans and specifications
Estimate materials, labour and time
Calculate materials, labour and overhead costs
Establish final cost for work
Prepare costing documents such as quotations and tenders.

Course details

Duration	One day
Delivery	Face-to-face learning
Cost	Member: $450 (GST free) Non-member: $540 (GST free)
Outcome	Statement of Completion
Prerequisites	There are no prerequisites for this workshop, however participants are required to have a basic understanding of mathematical principals such as area, volume and perimeter calculations and trigonometry.
Eligibility	Candidates should be able to demonstrate a sufficient level of language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills.