Open University Awarding Body · RQF Level 5
OU Level 5 Diploma in Transportation (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 5
- Total credits164
- Guided learning260 hours
- Units in this qualification29
Awarded by Open University Awarding Body · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Open University Awarding Body 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.
Agree Transportation Project Requirements and Prepare a BriefReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and assess stakeholder requirements and preferences
- Identify and evaluate user factors
- Identify and assess community factors
- Prepare and present a project brief
Assess and Comply with Statutory ControlsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Report and advise on options for potential transportation developments
- Obtain statutory consents for transportation developments
Collect Transportation Data and Present AnalysisReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify data collection requirements
- Select and plan transportation data collection processes and operations
- Analyse and present transportation data
Control Transportation Project Quality Standards, Progress and CostsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Control projects against agreed quality standards
- Maintain contract compliance with legal and statutory requirements
- Control contract progress against agreed programmes
- Control project costs against agreed budgets
Design Learning ProgrammesReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Choose options for meeting learning needs
- Design learning programmes for learners
Develop and Implement Transportation Research and Communicate FindingsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and implement transportation research projects
- Implement transportation research data collection
- Analyse transportation research data
- Evaluate and disseminate the results of transportation research
Develop and Present Solutions for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Select and refine project options
- Present options for transportation projects
Enhance and Maintain Working RelationshipsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Enhance the trust and support of colleagues
- Enhance the trust and support of those to whom you report
- Provide guidance on values at work
- Maintain formal and informal relationships with people who benefit from ones work
Establish Requirements for Transportation Project ProcurementReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Agree project procurement
- Agree a form of contract
Estimate and Plan Proposed Transportation Project FundingReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare forecast of proposed project funding
- Plan and control proposed project funding
Implement Health, Safety and Environmental PolicyReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and present project hazards and assess risks
- Implement methods and procedures to reduce project risks
- Implement health and safety and environmental policies
Implement Procedures and Maintain Compliance with Transporation Policy RequirementsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify processes and criteria to meet transportation policy guidelines
- Provide guidance and advice about transportation policy, requirements and procedures
- Evaluate feedback against transportation policy requirements
Investigate Factors Affecting Transportation Project DevelopmentsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify investigation requirements for transportation projects
- Investigate and evaluate options for transportation projects
Manage Public Engagement in Transport PlanningReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out programmes for community Involvement
- Engage with stakeholders
- Carry out public consultation
Manage Travel Planning ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Tocarry out travel awareness, planning and behaviour management Projects
- Prepare marketing and travel information for travel planning programmes
Plan and Implement Monitoring and Assessment of Transportation PoliciesReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop plans for the implementation of transportation policies
- Monitor the implementation of transportation policies
- Assess the impact of the implementation of transportation proposals
Plan and Implement the Maintenance of Transportation InfrastructureReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and schedule the maintenance of transportation infrastructure
- Implement the maintenance of transportation infrastructure
Prepare Procurement Programmes and Schedules of Work for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a procurement programme for transportation projects
- Develop a schedule of work for transportation projects
Prepare Specifications and Bills of Quantities for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare specifications
- Prepare bills of quantities
- Measure quantities
Prepare and Agree Accounts and ClaimsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and agree interim valuations and final accounts
- Prepare and agree claims for reimbursement for loss and expense
- Prepare and issue approvals for projects
Prepare and Agree Contracts for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare and modify forms of transportation contract
- Agree and conclude contracts for transportation projects
Prepare and Develop Resources to Support LearningReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Develop learning materials
- Choose materials to support learning
Prepare and Present Evidence on DisputesReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare evidence to resolve disputes
- Present evidence to resolve disputes
Prepare and Process Estimate, Bid and Tender Enquiries for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate and select potential tenderers for transportation projects
- Obtain estimates, bids and tenders for transportation projects
- Assess and select successful estimates, bids and tenders
Prepare and Submit Estimates, Bids and Tenders for Transportation ProjectsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation for transportation projects
- Assess the resource requirements and costs within an estimate, bid and tender for transportation projects
- Finalise and submit bids for transportation projects
Provide Professional Advice and Develop Self and OthersReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Exchange information and provide advice on technical problems
- Undertake personal development in the occupational area
- Enable others to learn and benefit from one's experience
Recommend and Advise on the Selection of a Transportation Project SolutionReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Agree a transportation project solution
- Analyse and produce a detailed transportation project solution
Select, Plan and Commission Test MethodsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Plan test requirements, data standards and outputs
- Select, plan and test processes
- Present test data
Test the Suitability of Strategy OptionsReal unit · Open University Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Select forecast models to test the suitability of strategy options
- Develop forecast models to test the suitability of strategy options
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Your passport
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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.
- Develop strategic and master plans for transport
- Develop, communicate and implement a compliance policy for your freight transport operation to safeguard the operator’s licence
- Manage Travel Planning Projects
- Manage data for transport planning
- Manage public engagement in transport planning
- Manage transport planning projects
- Prepare information relevant to dispute resolution
- Procure transport planning projects
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 own work
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for OU Level 5 Diploma in Transportation (QCF)
29 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Open University Awarding Body.
- Agree Transportation Project Requirements and Prepare a Brief
- Assess and Comply with Statutory Controls
- Collect Transportation Data and Present Analysis
- Control Transportation Project Quality Standards, Progress and Costs
- Design Learning Programmes
- Develop and Implement Transportation Research and Communicate Findings
and 23 more in the full unit list below.
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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.
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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.
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