Time: 2 days

Cost: $500 + GST

This 2 day seminar covers Module 1 to 4. By successfully completing the Modules included (1-4), the seminar gives you the opportunity to further your training to become a Barrier Free Advisor and/or can qualify to be put forward as CPD Points.

Before attending the two day seminar, participants must be familiar with the Building Act 2004, Building Code and Compliance Documents, Building Regulations, and NZS 4121:2001.

Time: 2 hrs 30 min.

Cost: $125 + GST

Module 1 is compulsory and is designed to give an understanding of the Accessible Journey and what it means for disabled people. This module will help raise awareness of how a barrier free and accessible environment could look like and what it means to be disabled by the physical environment.

Who should attend?
Everyone who would like to continue with other Training Modules (3, 4 and 5) or people who not familiar with the experience of barriers in the built environment and the Accessible Journey.

Entry Criteria
None.

Content
- Personal experiences of the Accessible Journey.
- Universal Design principles.
- The Accessible Route.
- Visible and hidden impairments.
- Pictures of the built environment: Good and bad examples.
- Vision impaired guest speaker

Assessment
In this assessment you will show your understanding of people’s experience of the Accessible Journey and its barriers in the built environment.

- 15 mins – after the first day of the seminar (from 4.30 – 4.45pm).
- Short answer test.
- $25 plus GST.

Time: 2 hrs

Cost: $100 + GST

Module 2 is compulsory and designed to inform about the building legislation and guidelines related to access requirements in the built environment. Participants must have a thorough understanding of the Building Act 2004, Building Code and Compliance Documents, Building Regulations, and NZS 4121:2001 before they undertake Module 3, 4, and 5.

Who should attend?

Everyone who would like to continue with other Training Modules (3, 4, and 5), or people who are not familiar with building legislation and guidelines.

Entry Criteria
Participants must be familiar with the Building Act 2004, Building Code and Compliance Documents, Building Regulations, and NZS 4121:2001.

Content
- Building Act 2004
- Building Code and Compliance Documents
- Building Regulations
- NZ Standard 4121:2001
- Building Consent Process
- Compliance Schedules
- Definitions
- Key players

Assessment
You will show that you understand how the building law and regulations relate to access requirements and the Accessible Journey.

- 15 mins – after the first day of the seminar (from 4.45 – 5pm).
- Short answer test.
- This is an open book assessment. Bring a copy of the Building Act 2004.
- $25 plus GST.

Time: 3 hrs

Cost: $150 + GST

Module 3 is designed to give an understanding of what is required in the design process to ensure an accessible built environment that complies with the relevant documentation.

Who should attend?
Architects, designers, building owners, and other people interested in the designing of the Accessible Journey. Prospective Barrier Free Advisors.

Entry Criteria
Module 1 and 2.

Content
- Universal Access design and the Accessible Journey
- Practical Design principles
- Basic factors of Accessibility
- Best Practice: Minimum, Better, Best.
- Ergonomic Information
- Resources
- Practical exercise: Read and interpret plans for Access, reporting back, and discussion.

Assessment
You will demonstrate that you understand how an accessible built environment that complies with the relevant documentation is designed.

- Assessment to be done at home. (Take about 1 hour.)
- Reading of a plan of a public building. (Plan will be handed out at the seminar.)
- $50 plus GST.
- This Assessment must be handed in within 1 month after the seminar.

Time: 4 hrs 15 min. (Day 2 of the 2 day Seminar)

Cost: $210 + GST

Module 4 is designed to give an understanding of how to assess the Accessible Journey in the built environment using the Barrier Free Checklist and relevant documentation.

Who should attend?
Building Officials, assessors of disabled people’s environments, and other people interested in the assessment of the Accessible Journey. Prospective Barrier Free Advisors.

Entry Criteria
Module 1 and 2.

Content
- Overview of the legal requirements for Access.
- NZS 4121 – How this fits in.
- How to assess accessibility features during the construction process.
- Issuing Code Compliance Certificates – does it comply?
- Format and use of the Barrier Free Checklist.
- Practical exercise: Auditing a building, reporting back, and discussion.

Assessment
You will demonstrate that you understand how to assess the Accessible Journey in the built environment using the Barrier Free Checklist and building legislations and guidelines.

- Trial audit report on the building you have audited in the practical exercise of the seminar.
- For more information on how to write a report see Part Three of the Barrier Free Trust Handbook.
- $100 plus GST.
- This Assessment must be handed in within 3 months after the seminar.

Time: 6hrs and 15 min. (1 day)

Cost: $250 + GST

Module 5 is designed for people who wish to train as a Barrier Free Advisor. Attendees will learn to audit buildings and plans, and how to write a report.

Time: 1 day

Cost: $250 + GST

Only BFAs, those who have completed the BFT two day workshop in the past, and those who have completed Modules 1 to 4 are eligible to attend this seminar. It covers ‘hot topics’, case studies, legislative updates, determinations and overseas trends. You will have opportunity to discuss issues with the presenters and the other attendees.