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- The centre assesses, and GQA Qualifications Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from GQA Qualifications Limited.
This NVQ certificate is designed for individuals involved in the installation of domestic fascia, soffit, and bargeboards. It covers preparatory work, access equipment, health and safety, and asbestos awareness within the building and construction sector.
These are the units GQA Qualifications Limited 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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with GQA Qualifications Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. GQA Qualifications Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Communicating and Working with Others in the Glass and Related Working Environments Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Describe what information to share with colleagues on your job role and why this is important
- Share information with colleagues
- Explain why it is important to respond promptly to requests
- Respond promptly to requests from colleagues
- Explain why good working relationships with colleagues are important and how barriers to this can be overcome
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with colleagues
Complete Installation and Handover to Customer Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Complete the installation and what information to provide the customer with at the handover.
- Know why it is important to ensure the installation is cleaned and finished before handing over to the customer and why reusable or surplus items should be put back into stock.
- Know why reusable or surplus items should be put back into stock.
- Ensure that the installation is cleaned and finished.
- Ensure that all materials are removed from the premises and dealt with correctly.
- Remove all equipment from the premises and work site following all health and safety procedures and statutory and industry regulations.
- Handover the completed installation to the customer.
- Know the organisational procedures for payment.
- Know the problems that can occur in the handover of the installation and how to overcome them.
- Record information on the handover of the installation.
Dealing with the Exposure of Asbestos Cement During the Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Removal Process Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the health and safety requirement and statutory and industry regulations which apply to removing materials containing asbestos cement and where to obtain the information.
- Know why it is important to follow correct procedures for the removal of asbestos cement.
- Review company paperwork to identify whether asbestos is present and what type it is.
- Know why it is important to wait for a licensed asbestos contractor to remove asbestos insulation board.
- Know why it is important to erect safety barriers and warning signs when asbestos cement is identified.
- Select and erect safety barriers and warning signs.
- Identify asbestos insulation board and asbestos cement and the importance of removing contaminated items without cutting or breaking them.
- Ensure asbestos cement waste is transported safely.
- Store asbestos cement and contaminated materials.
Identify and Confirm Installation Requirements in Glass and Related Work Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how to identify and confirm the specifications required to complete a glass and related work installation.
- Describe how to establish the type, location, characteristics, and features of the glass and related work installation.
- Examine the materials and components to ensure they meet the specification of the installation.
- Ensure that the job specification will meet the requirements of the glass and related work installation.
- Describe how to overcome problems encountered during the confirmation of installation requirements.
Install Domestic Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboards and Related Products Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Select the correct materials required for the installation of domestic fascia, soffit, bargeboards and related products.
- Know the equipment and tools used for the installation of domestic fascia, soffit, bargeboards and related products.
- Know how the Working at Heights Regulations apply to the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards and know where to find this information.
- Know the different types of access equipment used for working at heights during the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Select the correct access equipment for the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Identify, select and check the correct access equipment for the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Fix fascias, soffits, bargeboards and related products safely and securely.
- Install the fascia, soffits, bargeboards and related products safely and according to the job specification and manufacturer’s specifications.
- Use access equipment in accordance with the Working at Height Regulations during the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Confirm that all the fascias, soffits, bargeboards and related products are positioned and fitted according to the job specification.
- Check that the fascias, soffits, bargeboards and related products are functioning correctly.
- Know the problems that can occur during the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards and how to overcome them.
Locate, Handle, Transport and Position Materials and Equipment for Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Installation Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Locate and select the correct equipment and materials for the installation work and ensure they are suitable for use.
- Handle equipment and materials to reduce the risk of damage to them and injury to self and other persons.
- Locate and select the correct equipment and materials for the installation work and handle and transport them safely.
- Position materials and equipment on site to allow effective working methods.
- Position materials and equipment to prevent damage and allow effective working methods.
- Know the problems that can occur with locating, handling, transporting and positioning materials and equipment.
Maintain Health and Safety in the Installation of Fascia, Soffits and Bargeboards Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know how the Working at Heights Regulations apply to the installation of Fascia, Soffits and Bargeboards and where to find the information.
- Know which other acts, regulations and guidelines apply to the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Carry out an assessment of hazards and risks in the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Identify hazards and assess risks in the installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Adopt safe working practices.
- Adopt and adhere to safe working practices.
- Ensure there is no unauthorised or unsafe access to the working areas.
- Know what to do in the event of accidents or emergencies.
Prepare Materials for Installation of Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboard and Related Products Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know which materials to prepare for the installation of fascia, soffit, bargeboard and related products.
- Select suitable materials for the installation that are required for the installation of fascia, soffit, bargeboard and related products.
- Identify a suitable area and equipment/tools for preparing the materials for the installation of fascia, soffit, bargeboard and related products.
- Minimise waste and why this is important when preparing materials for the installation of fascia, soffit, bargeboard and related products.
- Prepare installation materials safely and according to the installation specification, minimising waste.
- Check the prepared materials to ensure they meet the installation specification.
- Know the relevant Building Regulations in relation to ventilation and fascias, soffits and bargeboards.
- Know the problems that can occur when preparing materials and how to overcome them.
Prepare and Dismantle Access Equipment and Working Platforms Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the relevant legislation that applies to the preparation and dismantling of access equipment and working platforms.
- Assess the risks associated with working at heights and understand the importance of risk assessment.
- Assess the risks of working at heights in a practical context.
- Know the different types of access equipment and working platforms used for working at heights.
- Identify and establish the appropriate types of access equipment or working platforms required for a specific installation task.
- Identify, select, and correctly wear the personal protective equipment (PPE) required for the preparation of access equipment or working platforms.
- Select, inspect, and prepare the correct access equipment or working platforms for use.
- Select, inspect, and prepare the correct access equipment or working platforms in a practical setting.
- Inspect prepared access equipment or working platforms before use and understand how to address any problems identified during inspection.
- Know why it is important to regularly inspect access equipment and working platforms to ensure continued safety and functionality.
- Dismantle access equipment and working platforms safely and efficiently.
- Know how and where to store dismantled access equipment or working platforms to allow for effective organisation and prevent damage.
- Know the potential problems that can occur when dismantling and storing access equipment and working platforms and how to mitigate these issues.
Prepare the Site for Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Removal and Installation Activities Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Describe how to prepare a suitable and safe site for fascia, soffit and bargeboard removal and installation work.
- Demonstrate the correct preparation of work areas for fascia, soffit and bargeboard removal and installation activities.
Remove Materials Ready for Installation of Fascias, Soffits and Bargeboards Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Know the type of materials which need to be removed and how to identify which are structural and non-structural.
- Identify the materials that need to be removed.
- Know the methods and equipment/tools for removing materials.
- Remove all unwanted materials.
- Dispose of unwanted materials.
- Safely dispose of all unwanted materials.
- Know why it is important to ensure that exposed or adjacent premises are protected and how to protect them.
- Ensure that exposed or adjacent premises are protected.
- Know the problems that can occur when removing materials.
Undertake Preparatory Work on Existing Materials for Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboard and Related Products Installation Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Establish the preparatory work that is required on existing materials and how to ensure this work is covered in the contractual arrangements with the customer.
- Establish the amount and type of preparatory work to be undertaken, and that this is covered by the contractual arrangements with the customer.
- Prepare existing materials for preparatory work.
- Know the types of fixings used for attaching to replacement materials and their use.
- Correctly select and fit required materials.
- Know the problems that can occur during preparatory work and how to overcome them.
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Confirm installation instructions
- Standard
Contribute to the work of the installation team
- Standard
Dealing with the removal of asbestos in preparation for installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards
- Standard
Install fascias, soffits, bargeboards and related products
- Standard
Maintain health and safety in the workplace
- Standard
Prepare and use access equipment to work at heights
- Standard
Prepare materials for installation
- Standard
Prepare the site for removal and installation activities
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Removal of Materials Containing Asbestos Cement
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Remove existing materials ready for installation
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Transport and Handle Installation Equipment and Materials
- Standard
Transport and handle installation equipment and materials
- Standard
Undertake Preparatory Work on Existing Materials
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Communicating and Working with Others in the Glass and Related Working EnvironmentsComplete Installation and Handover to CustomerDealing with the Exposure of Asbestos Cement During the Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Removal ProcessIdentify and Confirm Installation Requirements in Glass and Related WorkInstall Domestic Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboards and Related ProductsLocate, Handle, Transport and Position Materials and Equipment for Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard InstallationMaintain Health and Safety in the Installation of Fascia, Soffits and BargeboardsPrepare Materials for Installation of Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboard and Related Products
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
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“Communicating and Working with Others in the Glass and Related Working Environments” is taught against the work in front of you rather than a worked example. You bring what you are doing this week and it becomes the practice.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Confirm installation instructions
- Contribute to the work of the installation team
- Dealing with the removal of asbestos in preparation for installation of fascias, soffits and bargeboards
- Install fascias, soffits, bargeboards and related products
- Maintain health and safety in the workplace
- Prepare and use access equipment to work at heights
- Prepare materials for installation
- Prepare the site for removal and installation activities
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Communicating and Working with Others in the Glass and Related Working Environments, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit covers effective communication and teamwork within glass and related working environments. Learners will understand what job-related information to share, the importance of prompt responses to colleagues' requests, and how to maintain positive working relationships.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for GQA Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Domestic Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Installation
12 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited.
- Communicating and Working with Others in the Glass and Related Working Environments
- Complete Installation and Handover to Customer
- Dealing with the Exposure of Asbestos Cement During the Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Removal Process
- Identify and Confirm Installation Requirements in Glass and Related Work
- Install Domestic Fascia, Soffit, Bargeboards and Related Products
- Locate, Handle, Transport and Position Materials and Equipment for Fascia, Soffit and Bargeboard Installation
and 6 more in the full unit list below.
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