MP Awards · RQF Level 3
MPQC Level 3 Diploma in Health, Safety & Environment in Ready Mixed Concrete Production (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits80
- Guided learning120 hours
- Units in this qualification32
Awarded by MP 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 MP 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.
Confined Spaces in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with Confined Spaces.
- Control work in confined spaces.
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, COSHH, Regulations in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3.Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with the handling and use of Hazardous Substances.
- Understand the system in place used to manage the COSHH assessment process.
- Understand how to safely handle and use hazardous substances.
- Know how hazardous substances are stored.
- Understand the regimes for monitoring & surveillance.
- Participate in a survey of hazardous substances
- Know the hazards associated with dust.
- Understand the control methods which could be used for dust hazards
Electrical Safety in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with electrically powered equipment.
- React when someone receives an electrical shock
- Understand the different types of voltage ratings available.
- Carry out pre-use checks on portable electrical appliances.
- Contribute to the management of the site Electrical Safety Management System.
- Deal with reported electrical defects in a timely manner.
Emergency Situations in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to respond appropriately in emergency situations.
- Understand how to prevent fires occurring.
- Understand the functionality of various fire extinguishers to extinguish small fires.
- Know the requirements of the First Aid procedures for the site.
- Supervise Site Safety Drills.
Environmental Controls in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the company environmental management policy, procedures and controls.
- Know the legal implications of complying with planning conditions.
- Understand the planning conditions for the site.
Harmful Noise in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the dangers of exposure to excessive noise.
- Apply and work with measures that prevent exposure to noise.
Hazards Associated with Maintenance Activities in Ready Mix Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with Hot Work.
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with Vibration.
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with various types of tools.
- Safely use Air Receivers.
Health and Safety Inspections and Auditing in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of pre-start inspections.
- Carry out daily inspections.
- Understand the requirements for periodic inspections
- Understand the requirements for Statutory Inspections.
- Understand the purpose of Interactive Auditing Process
Health and Safety Introduction in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the Company’s fundamental Health and Safety Rules.
- Understand the Company Health and Safety Systems and Procedures.
- Understand own Health and Safety needs.
- Manage the Health and Safety training needs of others.
- Understand the importance of standards of ‘good housekeeping’
Incident Control & Investigation in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of incident.
- Know the incident prevention measures in place.
- Understand how to report an incident.
- Understand how to investigate an incident.
Induction and Security in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know who will require a site induction.
- Perform a site induction.
- Know what the arrangements are for site security.
- Understand the procedure for reporting breaches of site security.
Isolation and Lock-off in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Isolation and Lock-off procedures for plant and machinery.
- Carry out Isolation and Lock-off procedures for plant and machinery
- Understand the role of a person who would be in control an Isolation event.
- Carry out a survey of Isolation and Lock-off requirements.
Lifting Operations in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the hazards associated with Lifting Operations and using Lifting Equipment.
- Manage a Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) scheme.
- Know the procedures for statutory Inspections.
- Deal with defects of Lifting Equipment.
Machinery Guarding in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with the moving parts of machinery.
- Carry out inspections of machinery guarding.
- Understand the standard of guarding fastenings.
- Remove and refit machinery guarding correctly.
- Understand reach distances when applied to machinery guarding.
- Understand the importance of a hierarchy of machinery guarding principles.
- Participate in a machinery guarding survey.
Management of Carbon in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understanding the impact on the environment of Greenhouse Gas emissions.
- Understand the Company plans for the management of carbon.
Management of Contractors in Ready Mixed Concrete ProductionReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Manage the pre site process.
- Carry out an induction
- Supervise contractors on site
Managing Waste in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the different types of waste that can be potentially generated on site.
- Understand the different types of waste disposal methods.
- Understand how to dispose of the potential different types of waste on site according to company policy.
- Understand how to operate a waste management plan.
Manual Handling in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how injuries are caused when carrying out manual handling tasks.
- Know the different types of manual handling tasks.
- Contribute to a manual handling risk assessment.
- Reduce the exposure to manual handling activities.
Mobile Plant in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the hazards created by the operation of mobile plant.
- Understand the risks associated with operating mobile plant.
- Know the expected standard of safety for operating mobile plant.
- Understand the site procedures for operating mobile plant.
- Know what is required to maintain a safe workplace for operating mobile plant.
Operate within the Environmental Permit Conditions in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of the Environmental Permit.
- Know the key processes or site activities that can give rise to dust emissions.
- Know the procedures for monitoring the different types of emissions.
Operation of Truckmixers in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the hazards created by the operation of truckmixers.
- Understand the risks associated with truckmixers.
- Know the expected standard of safety for a truckmixer entering the site.
- Understand the site procedures associated with truckmixers.
Overhead Hazards in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with non electrical overhead hazards.
- Understand the hazards and risks associated with Overhead Power lines.
Personal Protective Equipment, PPE, in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the ‘standard’ items of PPE.
- Understand the ‘non-standard’ items of PPE which are required for the site.
- Manage the safe issue and use of all PPE on site.
Prevention and Control of Pollution in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to control and prevent the different types of pollution.
- Apply the measures in place to prevent pollution.
- Deal with pollution incidents.
- Store oils safely and securely.
Responsible Sourcing in Ready Mixed Concrete ProductionReal unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the commitments needed from a site to meet the requirements of BES 6001 in responsible sourcing.
- Contribute to a development plan for site employees.
- Understand the requirements of corporate objectives
- Engage with the community and stakeholders
Risk Assessment, Safe System of Work and Permits to Work in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the Risk Assessment and Safe System of Work process.
- Understand the Permit to Work system.
- Understand the hazards associated with Lone Working
- Carry out activities as a lone worker
Site Water Extraction & Discharge in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Know the source(s) of site water and how the excess water is discharged.
- Understand the abstraction and discharge conditions for the site.
- Understand how to operate a Water Management Plan.
Underground Services in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with excavating where there is potential of making contact with underground services.
- Manage the risks associated with excavating where there is the potential of making contact with underground services.
- Understand the need for the issue of a Permit to Work for excavating in non-virgin ground.
- Understand the procedures for carrying out excavations in non-virgin ground.
- Use Underground Services Plans to indicate the position of underground services.
Use of Display Screen Equipment, DSE, in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how ill health may be caused by using DSE.
- Understand the various points that need to be considered when using DSE.
- Contribute to a DSE risk assessment.
- Reduce the likelihood of injuries and ill health associated with using DSE.
Welfare in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the needs that constitute welfare facilities.
- Understand the effects on health through lack of or provision of poor welfare facilities.
- Provide and maintain welfare facilities.
Work at Height in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the hazards associated with Work at Height.
- Understand how to use equipment associated with working at height.
- Understand the various methods that can be used to carry out Work at Height activities.
- Manage Work at Height activities.
- Be able carry out a survey of Work at Height activities.
Workplace Transport in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3Real unit · MP Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the procedures to which supplier delivery vehicles must operate to.
- Understand the procedures to which ex-works customer vehicles must operate to.
- Understand the procedures to which the company or hired delivery vehicles must operate to.
- Carry out inspections in the areas where Workplace Transport is used.
- Deal with reported workplace transport defects in a timely manner.
- Supervise Workplace Transport activities.
- Be able carry out a survey of Workplace Transport.
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.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 3 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
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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.
Where this can lead
Safety Auditor
Your journey as a Safety Auditor is just the beginning. We're committed to helping you build a fulfilling career, whether that's leading teams, becoming a deep technical expert, or shaping the future of safety at an executive level. It's about constant learning and making a real difference.
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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 MPQC Level 3 Diploma in Health, Safety & Environment in Ready Mixed Concrete Production (QCF)
32 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by MP Awards.
- Confined Spaces in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, COSHH, Regulations in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3.
- Electrical Safety in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3
- Emergency Situations in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3
- Environmental Controls in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3
- Harmful Noise in Ready Mixed Concrete Production L3
and 26 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.