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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer City & Guilds Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and City & Guilds Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from City & Guilds Limited.
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These are the units City & Guilds 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.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Plan and assist in the local movement of rail vehicles according to operational requirements.
- Plan and assist in the local movement of rail vehicles according to operational requirements.
- Respond appropriately to non-routine situations during the local movement of rail vehicles.
- Respond appropriately to non-routine situations during the local movement of rail vehicles.
Assist in the preparation of rail vehicles and trains to meet operational requirements Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the site for local movement of trains, ensuring safety and compliance with regulations
- Prepare the site for local movement of trains, ensuring safety and compliance with regulations
- Prepare rail vehicles for local movement, following established procedures and safety guidelines
- Prepare rail vehicles for local movement, following established procedures and safety guidelines
- Prepare rail vehicles and trains for service, ensuring they meet operational requirements and safety standards
- Prepare rail vehicles and trains for service, ensuring they meet operational requirements and safety standards
Couple and uncouple rail vehicles Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Couple rail vehicles safely and effectively.
- Uncouple rail vehicles safely and effectively.
- Couple and uncouple rail vehicles safely and effectively.
Maintain a safe and secure working environment in the rail industry Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain safe working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations and procedures
- Maintain safe working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations and procedures
- Contribute to the security of the work environment, identifying and reporting potential security risks
- Contribute to the security of the work environment, identifying and reporting potential security risks
Maintain and develop personal knowledge, understanding and skills in the rail industry Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Develop within the work role, identifying opportunities for improvement and expanding skills
- Develop within the work role, identifying opportunities for improvement and expanding skills
Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the rail industry Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the rail industry.
- Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the rail industry.
- Maintain effective communications with colleagues in the rail industry.
- Maintain effective communications with colleagues in the rail industry.
- Promote equality and diversity in the workplace.
- Promote equality and diversity in the workplace.
Obtain and communicate information in the rail industry Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain and store information in accordance with workplace procedures
- Obtain and store information in accordance with workplace procedures
- Communicate information effectively to colleagues and other relevant parties
- Communicate information effectively to colleagues and other relevant parties
Prepare to undertake duties in the rail industry Real unit · City & Guilds Limited
What you'll be able to do
- Complete personal preparation for duties, ensuring readiness and compliance with regulations
- Complete personal preparation for duties, ensuring readiness and compliance with regulations
- Prepare for duty, ensuring all necessary equipment and documentation are available and in good order
- Prepare for duty, ensuring all necessary equipment and documentation are available and in good order
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
Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements
- Standard
Assist in the preparation of rail vehicles and trains to meet operational requirements
- Standard
Assist in the safe operation of trains in service
- Standard
Assist with the local movement of Tram vehicles to meet operational requirements
- Standard
Couple and uncouple rail vehicles
- Standard
Develop Productive Relationships with Colleagues
- Standard
Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers’ and suppliers’ in the rail industry
- Standard
Maintain a healthy and safe environment in the rail industry
- Standard
Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the Tram and Tramway environment
- Standard
Plan the movement of rail vehicles on a network
- Standard
Prepare for work in the Tram and Tramway environment
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by City & Guilds 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
Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirementsAssist in the preparation of rail vehicles and trains to meet operational requirementsCouple and uncouple rail vehiclesMaintain a safe and secure working environment in the rail industryMaintain and develop personal knowledge, understanding and skills in the rail industryMaintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the rail industryObtain and communicate information in the rail industryPrepare to undertake duties in the rail industry
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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“Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements” 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.
- Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements
- Assist in the preparation of rail vehicles and trains to meet operational requirements
- Assist in the safe operation of trains in service
- Assist with the local movement of Tram vehicles to meet operational requirements
- Couple and uncouple rail vehicles
- Develop Productive Relationships with Colleagues
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with customers’ and suppliers’ in the rail industry
- Maintain a healthy and safe environment in the rail industry
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 Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to plan and assist in the local movement of rail vehicles according to operational requirements. Learners will develop skills to assess needs, develop movement plans, and respond appropriately to non-routine situations.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for City & Guilds Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Rail Services (Shunting)
8 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by City & Guilds Limited.
- Assist in the local movement of rail vehicles to meet operational requirements
- Assist in the preparation of rail vehicles and trains to meet operational requirements
- Couple and uncouple rail vehicles
- Maintain a safe and secure working environment in the rail industry
- Maintain and develop personal knowledge, understanding and skills in the rail industry
- Maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in the rail industry
and 2 more in the full unit list below.
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