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NSW · 2 points

External Cladding and Fire: Lessons Every Residential Builder Must Know

The combustible cladding crisis rewrote the rules on what goes on external walls — and on product substitution generally. Understand combustibility requirements, BAL construction, and why "equivalent" products need evidence, not assurances.

  • Compliance
  • Phone-friendly, progress saves as you go
  • Assessed — unlimited attempts
  • PDF certificate on completion

Buy this course · $39.00 or save with a points pack

You'll learn: Verify that external wall products match documentation and compliance evidence, understand where non-combustibility and bushfire (BAL) requirements bite in residential work, and run a substitution process that would survive an audit.

  • NSW: 2 points (Compliance)

What’s inside

  1. About this course
  2. what the cladding crisis actually taught
  3. How a facade fire actually spreads
  4. Combustibility, and what the words actually mean
  5. Where the requirements bite in residential work
  6. Bushfire: BAL and the whole-envelope problem
  7. Evidence of suitability: what actually counts
  8. Running a substitution process that survives an audit
  9. Detailing: cavity barriers, junctions and penetrations
  10. Existing buildings, renovations and what to do when you find something
  11. Documentation, declarations and your personal exposure
  12. The product families, and what to watch in each
  13. Certifiers, approvals and where you sit in the chain
  14. The long tail: insurance, resale and rectification

Plus 3 knowledge checks, 2 site scenarios, 1 drag-and-drop task and an assessment at the end.

Reviewed by a NSW building practitioner.

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this course has been prepared using best endeavours to ensure that it is accurate, current and relevant at the time of publication. However, building legislation, regulations, standards, codes, policies and their interpretation may change over time and, in some circumstances, may be subject to interpretation or vary depending on the specific circumstances of a project.

The information provided is intended as general educational guidance only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for project-specific professional advice or verification.

Builders, contractors and other industry professionals are encouraged to independently verify the applicable requirements for each project, including the relevant legislation, regulations, standards, approvals and authority requirements, having regard to the specific site, building, construction method and circumstances.

PointCPD makes no representation or guarantee that the information provided will be applicable to every project or circumstance and recommends that participants seek appropriate professional or regulatory advice where clarification is required.