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Course Content
Accessibility and the Premises Standards for Architects
A building can pass its access approval and still face a discrimination complaint years later.
The Disability Discrimination Act, the Premises Standards, AS 1428 and the NCC access provisions, treated as one design discipline from concept to handover. How the three instruments interact and where their protection stops, how to plan a continuous accessible path of travel, when concessions, performance solutions and unjustifiable hardship apply, and how to keep a record that stands up to a complaint.
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4 modules, 2 case studies, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why access sits at the centre of design liability, and why the NCC edition decides which AS 1428.1 you design to.
The Legal Architecture of Access
Know what the DDA, the Premises Standards and the NCC each do, and where the Standards’ defence to a complaint stops.
Designing the Accessible Path
Plan a continuous accessible path of travel, with gradients, doorways, contrast, tactile indicators and sanitary facilities settled at planning stage.
Concessions, Exemptions and Performance Solutions
Work through concessions, the affected part and performance solutions in order, and keep unjustifiable hardship as the evidenced last resort.
Documentation and Managing Complaint Risk
Scope the access consultant, stage and date the access report, and close the handover gap where fitout undoes compliance.
An entry and a heritage gallery
An accessible entry lost to value engineering, and a heritage reuse where a hardship claim gave way to equivalent access.
Key takeaways
The order to work in, from the path of travel to the record that protects it.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten project scenarios. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Intermediate. For architects who already document buildings that must meet the access provisions. Covers the DDA, the Premises Standards, the NCC Volume One access provisions and AS 1428.1, for new buildings and new work on existing ones. It is general guidance, not legal advice, and it does not replace the project’s access consultant.
Written for the people who draw, approve and build the accessible path.
Architects
You lead the design and carry the access decisions that a complaint can reach long after handover.
Building designers
You document the entries, ramps and amenities that have to hold up against AS 1428.1 on the drawings.
Building surveyors
You assess the access provisions, the concessions relied on and the performance solutions put to you.
Access consultants
Your advice is only as useful as the scope you were given and the stage you were brought in.
Licensed builders
You build the thresholds, gradients and fitouts where a few millimetres can break the accessible path.
Where this hour goes on your record.
National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA 2021) performance criteria this course aligns with:
Legal and regulatory obligations of practice
Planning principles and statutory requirements
Coordinating consultant input
Documentation that complies with codes
Accurate documents for stakeholders
| If you are | How it is recorded |
|---|---|
| An architect | 1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC1, PC32, PC41, PC46 and PC47. |
| A building designer | 1 CPD point. Your certificate, the learning outcomes, the module outline and your quiz result are kept in your dashboard, so you can show what you studied if your CPD is audited. |
| A building surveyor, access consultant or builder | 1 hour of CPD on the DDA, the Premises Standards and the NCC access provisions, recorded on your certificate for your registration body or state scheme. |
CPD On Demand is not a registered training organisation and courses are not accredited by any registration body. Each course is aligned with the relevant competency frameworks and gives you the records to evidence it. CPD rules differ by registration body and state, so check with yours if you are unsure.
Pairs well with.
NCC 2025 for Architects: Commercial and Apartment Buildings
The rest of Volume One under the new edition, beyond the access provisions.
Fire Safety in Class 2 to 9 Buildings for Architects
Egress and accessible exits, the fire side of the same plan.
Class 2 Apartment Design Compliance for Architects
Accessible common areas and Livable Housing in apartment buildings.
Before you enrol.
Design access that holds up at approval and long after handover, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.