Cskills Awards · RQF Level 2
CAA Level 2 Apprenticeship Diploma in Construction (Trowel Occupations) (QCF) (Pilot)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits120
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification21
Awarded by Cskills Awards · on the Ofqual register
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Ten quick questions, one per Future Fluency, asked against this qualification rather than a generic one.
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Cskills Awards registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Comply with Organisational Procedures for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with Organisational Procedures to minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area.
- Comply with Organisational Procedures to meet requirements of the works.
- Comply with organisational, legislative and sustainability procedures.
- Know the organisational requirements relating to personal behaviour at work.
Comply with the Given Programme for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relevant to the programme.
- Complete the task within the allocated time.
- Deal with changes to the given programme.
Confirm and Interpret Information for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relevant to a task.
- Identify requirements for a task from given information.
- Communicate information for a task to others.
- Deal with inappropriate information.
- Deal with missing or incorrect information.
Conform to General Workplace Health & Safety for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with current legislation to maintain safe working practices.
- Use tools and equipment safely.
- Identify resources and equipment that will ensure safe working.
- Contribute to security.
- Keep up to date with safe working practices.
- React to accidents, emergencies and near misses.
- Maintain own health and welfare.
- Handle and move loads.
- Select, use and maintain PPE.
- Handle and use hazardous substances.
Employment Responsibilities and Rights in ConstructionReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the employee and employer statutory rights and responsibilities.
- Know the organisational documentation procedures.
- Know the range of sources of information and advice available.
- Know the occupational role.
- Know the range of available pathways.
- Know the types of representative bodies.
- Know where to obtain information and advice.
- Know the organisations principles and codes of practice.
- Know and form views of public concern.
EnglishReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- See FS English standards at L1. Further QCF details to be included post-accreditation.
Erect Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely for erecting masonry structures.
- Position cavity wall items.
- Build blockwork.
- Construct piers
- Establish the suitability of the information for erecting masonry structures.
- Transfer levels and datum points.
- Position ranging lines.
- Cut materials and components to size using hand and power tools.
- Position components and materials
- Build cavity walling
- Build solid walling
- Position frames and lintels.
Finish Joints and Point Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Establish the suitability of the information for finishing joints and pointing masonry structures to complete task.
- Joint Finish.
- Finish joints and point masonry structures.
Know How to Conform to General Workplace Health and Safety for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know how current legislation applies in the workplace.
- Safely work at height.
- Know why personnel protective equipment (PPE) is necessary.
- Handle and use hazardous substances.
- Use electricity safely.
- Work with plant, equipment or machinery.
- Deal with excessive noise and vibration.
- Know the requirements for working in excavations and confined spaces.
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely.
- Know employers general responsibilities for maintaining a safe and healthy workplace.
- Know what information is required to
Know How to Erect Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Safely use and maintain tools and equipment for erecting masonry structures.
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to erecting masonry structures.
- Know the associated enabling capabilities required to erect masonry structures.
- Know the different bricklaying methods.
Know How to Finish Joints and Point Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to finishing joints and pointing masonry structures.
- Know the different methods of finishing joints and pointing masonry structures.
Know How to Lay Domestic DrainageReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Safely use and maintain tools and equipment for laying domestic drainage
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to laying domestic drainage.
- Set out for laying domestic drainage.
- Identify drainage components.
- Provide pipe runs.
- Construct inspection chambers.
Know How to Place and Finish Non-Specialist ConcreteReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Safely use and maintain tools and equipment for placing and finishing non-specialist concrete.
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to placing and finishing non-specialist concrete.
- Position shuttering.
- Place concrete
- Finish concrete
Know How to Prepare and Mix Concrete and MortarsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to preparation and mixing concrete and mortar to complete the task.
- Know the associated enabling capabilities required to prepare and mix concrete and mortar to complete the task.
- Know the different preparation and mixing concrete and mortar methods.
Know How to Set Out Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Safely use and maintain tools and equipment for setting out masonry structures.
- Know the requirements of the technical information related to setting out masonry structures.
- Use setting out equipment.
- Set out masonry structures.
- Overcome problems relating to setting out.
Lay Domestic DrainageReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely for laying domestic drainage to complete the task.
- Establish the suitability of the information for laying domestic drainage to complete the task.
- Set out to lay domestic drainage systems.
- Lay drainage systems.
- Construct inspection chambers.
- Confirm and test drainage systems
MathematicsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- See FS mathematics standards at L1. Further QCF details to be included post-accreditation.
Place and Finish Non-Specialist ConcreteReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely for placing and finishing non-specialist concrete to complete the task.
- Establish the suitability of the information for placing and finishing non-specialist concrete to complete the task.
- Position shuttering.
- Place concrete.
- Finish concrete.
Prepare and Mix Concrete and MortarsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Establish the suitability of the information for preparation and mixing concrete and mortar to complete the task.
- Prepare and mix concrete and mortar by hand
- Prepare and mix concrete and mortar by machine
Select the Required Quantity and Quality of Resources for Construction OperationsReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise the resources required for the task to be carried out.
- Determine the quantity of resources required for the task.
- Select the correct quality of resources required for the task.
Set Out Masonry StructuresReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely for setting out masonry structures to complete the task.
- Use and maintain tools and equipment safely for setting out masonry structures to complete the task.
- Establish the suitability of the information for setting out masonry structures to complete the task.
- Set out masonry structure to complete the task.
- Construct corner profiles.
- Transfer datum points
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
Assessor
Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
Meet all twelve tutorsWhere this connects
Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Contribute to health, safety and the environment
- Manage contractors to ensure compliance with health and safety
- Place and finish concrete
Where this can lead
Site Compliance Coordinator
Your journey starts here, learning the ropes and making a real difference on our sites. With dedication and a commitment to continuous learning, the opportunities in compliance are vast and incredibly rewarding. We're excited to see where you take it.
See the whole journey →Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for CAA Level 2 Apprenticeship Diploma in Construction (Trowel Occupations) (QCF) (Pilot)
21 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cskills Awards.
- Comply with Organisational Procedures for Construction Operations
- Comply with the Given Programme for Construction Operations
- Confirm and Interpret Information for Construction Operations
- Conform to General Workplace Health & Safety for Construction Operations
- Employment Responsibilities and Rights in Construction
- English
and 15 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.