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City and Guilds of London Institute · RQF Level 3

City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrical Power Engineering - Lead Overhead Lines Person (QCF)

You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.

  • LevelRQF Level 3
  • Total credits147
  • Guided learning120 hours
  • Units in this qualification20

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

These are the units City and Guilds of London Institute 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.

Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work AreaReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Access, movement and egress in and from a site and work area
  • 2: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 3: Use and communicate information and data
  • 4: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 5: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work Area
  • 6: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work Area
Authorise Actions on Plant and Apparatus in Electricity Power Utilities EnvironmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan and prepare for work activates
  • Issue authorisations
  • Cancel, transfer & suspend authorisations
  • Restore and reinstate work location
  • Use and communicate data and information
  • Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • Know and understand how to use general knowledge
  • Know and understand how to use industry and context specific knowledge
Carry out Switching activities on the HV NetworkReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan for switching operation on plant and apparatus
  • 2: Prepare for switching operations on plant and apparatus
  • 3: Perform switching operations on plant and apparatus
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Carry out Switching activities on the HV Network
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Carry out Switching activities on the HV Network
Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
  • Comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
Contribute to Technical LeadershipReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Contribute to evaluation and analysis of potential technical problems
  • Communicate information
  • Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • Know and understand how to use general knowledge
  • Know and understand how to use industry and context specific knowledge
Coordinate Construction of Safe Access Systems to Transmission Overhead Line EquipmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Construction of Safe Access Systems to Transmission Overhead Line Equipment
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Construction of Safe Access Systems to Transmission Overhead Line Equipment
Coordinate Earthing activities on OHL Transmission ConductorsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Earthing activities on OHL Transmission Conductors
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Earthing activities on OHL Transmission Conductors
Coordinate Jointing of OHL Transmission ConductorsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Jointing of OHL Transmission Conductors
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Jointing of OHL Transmission Conductors
Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL ConductorsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL Conductors
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL Conductors
Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL TowersReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL Towers
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission OHL Towers
Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission Tension/Suspension Insulators and FittingsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Plan to assign work activities
  • Prepare to assign work activities
  • Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • Restore and reinstate work location
  • Use and communicate data and information
  • Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission Tension/Suspension Insulators and Fittings
  • Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate Maintenance activities on Transmission Tension/Suspension Insulators and Fittings
Coordinate inspection of OHL Transmission Towers and ConductorsReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to assign work activities
  • 2: Prepare to assign work activities
  • 3: Monitor and coordinate work activities
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Coordinate inspection of OHL Transmission Towers and Conductors
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Coordinate inspection of OHL Transmission Towers and Conductors
Develop yourself in the work roleReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Develop yourself in the work role
  • Know and understand how to use general knowledge
  • Know and understand how to use industry and context specific knowledge
Emergency response to Transmission Overhead Line plant failureReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to respond to an emergency
  • 2: Prepare to respond to an emergency
  • 3: Isolation of the fault and contingency action
  • 4: Diagnosis fault and recommend remedial actions
  • 5: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 6: Use and communicate data and information
  • 7: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 8: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Emergency response to Transmission Overhead Line plant failure
  • 9: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Emergency response to Transmission Overhead Line plant failure
Inspect Transmission Overhead Line RoutesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to inspect plant and apparatus
  • 2: Prepare to inspect plant and apparatus
  • 3: Inspect plant and apparatus
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Inspect Transmission Overhead Line Routes
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Inspect Transmission Overhead Line Routes
Install Overhead Line Transmission Plant and EquipmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to install plant and apparatus
  • 2: Prepare to install plant and apparatus
  • 3: Install plant and apparatus
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Install Overhead Line Transmission Plant and Equipment
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Install Overhead Line Transmission Plant and Equipment
Lead the Work of Teams and Individuals to Achieve Work ObjectivesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • Lead the work planning of teams and individuals
  • Assess the work of teams and individuals
  • Provide feedback to team and individuals
  • Use and communicate data and information
  • Know and understand how to use general knowledge
  • Know and understand how to use industry and context specific knowledge
Maintain Overhead Transmission Plant and EquipmentReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to maintain plant and apparatus
  • 2: Prepare to maintain plant and apparatus
  • 3: Maintain plant and apparatus
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Maintain Overhead Transmission Plant and Equipment
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Maintain Overhead Transmission Plant and Equipment
Maintain Safety from the Electrical System – _Control of Working Parties_Real unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to control working parties
  • 2: Prepare to control working parties
  • 3: Control work activities of working parties
  • 4: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 5: Use and communicate data and information on process operations and activities
  • 6: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 7: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Maintain Safety from the Electrical System – (Control of Working Parties)
  • 8: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Maintain Safety from the Electrical System – (Control of Working Parties)
Protect the Environment During Transmission Maintenance ActivitiesReal unit · City and Guilds of London Institute

What you'll be able to do

  • 1: Plan to minimise risk to life, property and the environment
  • 2: Determine, priorities and monitor risk to life, property and the environment
  • 3: Restore and reinstate work location
  • 4: Use and communicate data and information
  • 5: Resolve problems effectively and efficiently
  • 6: Demonstrate general knowledge and understanding about Protect the environment during Transmission Maintenance Activities
  • 7: Demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding about Protect the environment during Transmission Maintenance Activities

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

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Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work AreaAuthorise Actions on Plant and Apparatus in Electricity Power Utilities EnvironmentCarry out Switching activities on the HV NetworkComplying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirementsContribute to Technical LeadershipCoordinate Construction of Safe Access Systems to Transmission Overhead Line EquipmentCoordinate Earthing activities on OHL Transmission ConductorsCoordinate Jointing of OHL Transmission Conductors

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrical Power Engineering - Lead Overhead Lines Person (QCF)
  • Access, movement and egress in the electricity power utilities environment
  • Co-ordinate Plant Maintenance Work Activities
  • Co-ordinating Work Activities on Plant and Apparatus
  • Construct, and comply with, safe access systems in the electricity power utilities environment
  • Contribute Technical Leadership in the Power Utilities Environment
  • Contribute to technical leadership on nuclear decommissioning activities
  • Contribute to the management of unplanned situations on the utility network and assets
  • Install plant and apparatus in the electricity power utilities environment
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

Where this can lead

Maintenance Coordinator

Your journey starts here, but where it goes is really up to you. We're committed to providing the opportunities and support for you to build a truly impactful career in Operations. If you're driven, organised, and keen to make a real difference, we'd love to see you grow with us.

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Opens the roleMaintenance CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 2 near-identical records folded inSee the role →Opens the roleWork Order CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleLead Equipment Maintenance TechnicianOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleLead Maintenance CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleSenior Work Order CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleLead Engineering CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Future FluencyAll ten future skillsSee how every unit is contextualised by the tenExplore →

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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.

Access, movement and egress in the electricity power utilities environmentCo-ordinate Plant Maintenance Work ActivitiesCo-ordinating Work Activities on Plant and ApparatusConstruct, and comply with, safe access systems in the electricity power utilities environmentContribute Technical Leadership in the Power Utilities EnvironmentContribute to technical leadership on nuclear decommissioning activitiesContribute to the management of unplanned situations on the utility network and assetsInstall plant and apparatus in the electricity power utilities environmentInvestigate incidents relating to electricity network assetsLead the work of teams and individuals to achieve objectivesLead the work of teams and individuals to achieve their objectiveRespond to plant and equipment alarms in a nuclear power plantSchedule operations and maintenance activities on electricity network assetsSwitching operations on plant and apparatus in the electricity power utilities environmentUndertake maintenance & planned repairs to optical fibre cables

How you’ll actually learn this

One-to-one, on your own real work

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One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work AreaLevel 3

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Maintenance CoordinatorWork Order CoordinatorLead Equipment Maintenance TechnicianLead Maintenance CoordinatorSenior Work Order CoordinatorLead Engineering Coordinator
How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Electrical Power Engineering - Lead Overhead Lines Person (QCF)

20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City and Guilds of London Institute.

  1. Access and Egress the HV Overhead Line Work Area
  2. Authorise Actions on Plant and Apparatus in Electricity Power Utilities Environment
  3. Carry out Switching activities on the HV Network
  4. Complying with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements
  5. Contribute to Technical Leadership
  6. Coordinate Construction of Safe Access Systems to Transmission Overhead Line Equipment

and 14 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

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  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. 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.
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  4. 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.
  5. 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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  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

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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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