Cskills Awards · RQF Level 2
Cskills Awards Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Installations (Construction) (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits50
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification13
Awarded by Cskills Awards · on the Ofqual register
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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.
Carrying Out Basic Maintenance on Installed Plant and Equipment in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when carrying out basic maintenance on installed plant and equipment.
- Follow the relevant maintenance schedules to carry out the required work.
- Maintain a range of plant and equipment used in the construction and allied industries in both operational and non-operational situations.
- Comply with the procedures for non-planned occurrences when carrying out basic maintenance on plant and equipment.
- Comply with organisational maintenance records documentation procedures and waste disposal procedures when carrying out basic maintenance on plant and equipment.
Carrying Out Routine Inspections on Plant and Equipment to Ensure Operational Serviceability in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when inspecting plant and equipment for operational serviceability.
- Carry out preparation activities to inspect plant and equipment for operational serviceability.
- Inspect a range of plant or equipment in the workplace or on site to ensure that the plant or equipment is fit for work activities.
- Deal with problems promptly and effectively and report those that cannot be solved.
Carrying out Familiarisation or Handover Activities to Users of Plant and Equipment in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when carrying out familiarisation/handover activities.
- Establish the relevant operating and using procedures on plant or equipment relevant to the occupational area.
- Familiarise users with the operating and safe use of a range of plant or equipment relevant to the occupational area.
- Record successful completion of the familiarisation process and handover the use of plant or equipment to others.
- Deal with problems promptly and effectively and report those that cannot be solved.
Conforming to General Safety in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Identify hazards associated with the workplace and record and report in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Comply with all workplace safety legislation requirements.
- Comply with and maintain all organisational security arrangements and approved procedures.
- Comply with all emergency procedures in accordance with organisational policy.
Diagnosing Faults in Plant or Equipment Systems and Components in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at al times when diagnosing faults in plant or equipment systems and components.
- Carry out preparation activities in order to diagnose faults in plant or equipment systems and components.
- Diagnose routine and non-routine faults and breakdowns in the workplace by selecting the relevant procedure on a range of plant or equipment.
- Analyse and record faults and range of faults found on plant or equipment.
Dismantling Pre-Installed Hoists in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when dismantling installed hoists.
- Carry out preparation activities in order to dismantle pre-installed hoists and/or components.
- Dismantle a range of relevant pre-installed hoists in the workplace following safe systems of work.
- Segregate and sort parts and components from dismantled hoists for disposal and/or reuse.
- Comply with organisational communication procedures when dismantling installed hoists.
Dismantling Pre-Installed Tower Cranes in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when dismantling installed tower cranes.
- Carry out preparation activities in order to dismantle pre-installed tower cranes and/or components.
- Dismantle a range of relevant pre-installed tower cranes in the workplace following safe systems of work.
- Segregate and sort parts and components from dismantled tower cranes for disposal and/or reuse.
- Comply with organisational communication procedures when dismantling installed tower cranes.
Installing Plant or Equipment for Operational Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely at all times when installing plant or equipment for operational purposes.
- Carry out preparation activities on the area and relevant plant or equipment prior to carrying out installation activities.
- Install a range of types of plant or equipment in the workplace relevant to the occupational area.
- Undertake necessary checks to ensure the installed plant or equipment meets the required specifications.
- Deal with problems promptly and effectively and report those that cannot be solved.
Moving and Handling Resources in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with given information when moving and storing resources.
- Maintain safe working practices when moving and handling resources.
- Select the resources to be stored and ensure they conform to the given information.
- Comply with the given information to prevent damage to the product and surrounding environment when moving and handling resources.
- Comply with the given product information to move and handle resources to the required guidance.
Preparing and Operating Hoists During Installation Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the use of hoists during installation activities.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when operating hoists during installation activities.
- Maintain safe working practices when operating hoists during installation activities.
- Comply with the given contract information to prepare and operate hoists during installation activities, to the required specification.
Preparing and Operating Hoists to Lift and Transfer Loads in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the use of hoists to lift and transfer loads.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which lifting operations using hoists are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out hoist operations.
- Maintain safe working practices when preparing for and carrying out lifting operations using hoists.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and carry out lifting operations using hoists.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area
Preparing and Operating Tower Cranes During Installation Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the use of tower cranes during installation activities.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when operating tower cranes during installation activities.
- Maintain safe working practices when operating tower cranes during installation activities.
- Comply with the given contract information to prepare and operate tower cranes during installation activities to the required specification.
Slinging and Signalling the Movement of Loads _Secondary Role_ in the WorkplaceReal unit · Cskills Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the preparation for and the slinging and signalling of loads.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which the slinging and signalling of loads is to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance to carry out slinging and signalling of loads.
- Maintain safe working practices when preparing for and slinging and signalling loads.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources to prepare for and when slinging and signalling loads.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area whe
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.
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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
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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.
- Dismantle column internals
- Inspect plant and apparatus in the power utilities environment
- Install goods or equipment in the customer’s required location
- Install plant and apparatus in the electricity power utilities environment
- Install technical support systems and associated equipment
- Operate plant and equipment during installation procedures
- Prepare to install system components (Integrated Systems Engineering)
Where this can lead
Maintenance Planning Assistant
This Maintenance Planning Assistant role is more than just a job; it's the first step on a really solid career path in operations. We're looking for someone who's eager to learn, committed to doing things right, and ready to grow with us. If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.
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 Cskills Awards Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Plant Installations (Construction) (QCF)
13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Cskills Awards.
- Carrying Out Basic Maintenance on Installed Plant and Equipment in the Workplace
- Carrying Out Routine Inspections on Plant and Equipment to Ensure Operational Serviceability in the Workplace
- Carrying out Familiarisation or Handover Activities to Users of Plant and Equipment in the Workplace
- Conforming to General Safety in the Workplace
- Diagnosing Faults in Plant or Equipment Systems and Components in the Workplace
- Dismantling Pre-Installed Hoists in the Workplace
and 7 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.