This unit specifies the knowledge and skills required to lead and manage a building design team including establishing and coordinating team technical and creative skills to meet client needs. It includes responding to staff development needs, complying with employment processes, providing comprehensive and appropriate role definitions and monitoring staff performance.

This unit is suitable for experienced building designers who apply broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge and highly specialised skills to manage building design projects with autonomy and judgement and to deal with sometimes complex and unpredictable contingencies.

This unit forms part of the licensing requirements for people engaged in building design in some states and territories. For further information, check with the relevant regulatory authority.