Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 4
Pearson Edexcel Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Environmental Technologies (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 4
- Total credits130
- Guided learning190 hours
- Units in this qualification49
Awarded by Pearson Education Ltd · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Pearson Education Ltd 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.
Analysing and selecting parts for improvementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse and select parts for improvement
- Analyse and select parts for improvement
Applying Six Sigma methodology to a projectReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply Six Sigma methodology to a project
- Apply Six Sigma methodology to a project
Applying quality function deployment _QFD_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply quality function deployment (QFD)
- Apply quality function deployment (QFD) (continued)
- Apply quality function deployment (QFD)
- Apply quality function deployment (QFD) (continued)
Carrying out capability studiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out capability studies
- Carry out capability studies
Co-ordinating work operations and resources to meet project requirements in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Co-ordinate site preparation
- Understand how to co-ordinate site preparation
- Co-ordinate workforce preparation
- Understand how to co-ordinate workforce preparation
- Co-ordinate site operations
- Understand how to co-ordinate site operations
Commissioning building services engineering systems after installationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Manage the configuration of building services engineering systems.
- Understand how to undertake the commissioning of building services engineering systems.
- Manage the commissioning of building services engineering systems.
- Handover commissioned building services engineering systems.
Confirming project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements and measures in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm energy efficiency and carbon minimisation factors for developments
- Understand how to confirm energy efficiency and carbon minimisation factors for developments
- Assess energy efficiency and carbon minimisation measures
- Understand how to assess energy efficiency and carbon minimisation measures
Controlling building services engineering project income and expenditureReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to manage budgets for building services engineering projects.
- Manage budgets for building services engineering projects.
- Recover and record income that is due.
- Update budget and cash flow against variances and contingencies.
Coordinating the logistics for work to existing occupied properties in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan work to occupied properties
- Understand how to plan work to occupied properties
- Organise work to existing occupied properties
- Understand how to organise work to existing occupied properties
Create Engineering DesignsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create Engineering Designs
- Create Engineering Designs
Creating standard operating procedures _SOP_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Create standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Create standard operating procedures (SOP)
Develop a new product manufacturing process design strategyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a new product manufacturing process design strategy
- Develop a new product manufacturing process design strategy
Develop and implement a risk assessment plan in own area of responsibiltyReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal requirements and personal responsibilities for health and safety within an organisation.
- Promote the importance of health and safety practices.
- Ensure that hazards and risks are identified and managed in own area of responsibility.
- Monitor and review health and safety performance and policy in own area of responsibility.
Developing Working RelationshipsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to develop working relationships
- Develop working relationships
- Maintain working relationships
Developing and testing building services engineering project design solutionsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand design principles, procedures and methods.
- Compile information required for the development of project design solutions.
- Determine design options to be taken forward for further development.
- Produce design options for building services engineering projects.
- Test building services engineering project design options.
- Be able present finalised building services engineering project design solutions.
Developing estimates and submitting tenders for Building Services Engineering projectsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand tendering processes.
- Determine information to be included in tender documentation.
- Plan the preparation of tender documentation for building services engineering projects in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Present authorised tender documentation for building services engineering projects.
- Monitor the progress of tender submissions.
Establish an Engineering Design BriefReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish an Engineering Design Brief
- Establish an Engineering Design Brief
Identify Engineering Design Requirements of ClientsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify engineering design requirements of clients
- Identify engineering design requirements of clients
Implement Engineering ProcessesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement Engineering Processes
- Implement Engineering Processes
Implementing project information and communication systems and procedures in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Set up project information and communication systems and processes
- Understand project information and communication systems and processes
- Monitor project information and communication systems and processes
- Understand how to monitor project information and communication systems and processes
Implementing resource efficient procurement processes in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop a procurement programme
- Understand how to develop a procurement programme
- Shortlist potential tenderers
- Understand how to shortlist potential tenderers
- Operate procurement processes
- Understand how to operate procurement processes
- Assess tenders
- Understand how to assess tenders
Implementing works to meet building services engineering project requirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to complete pre-site planning for building services engineering projects.
- Complete pre-site planning for building services engineering projects.
- Establish a safe and regulatory compliant worksite.
- Plan for the engagement of human resources.
- Implement work activities.
Leading an analysis and selection of parts for improvementReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Lead an analysis and selection of parts for improvement
- 1b. Lead an analysis and selection of parts for improvement (continued)
- 2a. Know how to lead an analysis and selection of parts for improvement
- 2b. Know how to lead an analysis and selection of parts for improvement (continued)
Leading policy deployment activities _Hoshin Kanri, quality operating systems, business plan deployment_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Lead policy deployment activities (Hoshin Kanri, quality operating systems, business plan deployment)
- 1b. Lead policy deployment activities (Hoshin Kanri, quality operating systems, business plan deployment) (continued)
- 2a. Know how to lead policy deployment activities (Hoshin Kanri, quality operating systems, business plan deployment)
- 2b. Know how to lead policy deployment activities (Hoshin Kanri, quality operating systems, business plan deployment) (continued)
Leading the application of Six Sigma methodology to a projectReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project
- Lead the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project (continued)
- Lead the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project
- Lead the application of Six Sigma methodology to a project (continued)
Leading the carrying out of capability studiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- 1a. Lead the carrying out of capability studies
- 1b. Lead the carrying out of capability studies (continued)
- 2a. Know how to lead the carrying out of capability studies
- 2b. Know how to lead the carrying out of capability studies (continued)
Leading the creation of flexible production and manpower systemsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead the creation of flexible production and manpower systems
- Lead the creation of flexible production and manpower systems (continued)
- Lead the creation of flexible production and manpower systems
- Lead the creation of flexible production and manpower systems (continued)
Leading the creation of standard operating procedures _SOP_Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead the creation of standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Lead the creation of standard operating procedures (SOP) (continued)
- Lead the creation of standard operating procedures (SOP)
- Lead the creation of standard operating procedures (SOP) (continued)
Leading value management _value engineering and value analysis_ activitiesReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Lead value management (value engineering and value analysis) activities
- Lead value management (value engineering and value analysis) activities (continued)
- Lead value management (value engineering and value analysis) activities
- Lead value management (value engineering and value analysis) activities (continued)
Maintaining Systems for Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Protection in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Encourage a culture of health, safety, welfare and environmental awareness.
- Identify and recommend opportunities for improving health, safety and welfare for people on site or for specific operations.
- Ensure the workforce and visitors to the site or specific operations are inducted and check the competence of those they are responsible for.
- Maintain accurate and appropriate statutory notices and hazard warnings.
- Ensure the serviceability of health, safety, welfare and environmental protection equipment and resources in order to comply with current legislation.
- Implement systems which meet
Managing Health and Safety in the Building Services Engineering work locationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Establish health and safety requirements for building services engineering projects.
- Manage health and safety at building services engineering work locations.
- Monitor on-going health and safety at building services engineering work locations.
- Review health and safety arrangements at building services engineering work locations.
- Implement changes to health and safety arrangements in building services engineering work locations.
Managing building services engineering projects in the work locationReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan resources for building services engineering projects.
- Plan work activities for building services engineering projects.
- Manage project start up.
- Manage project work activities.
- Manage end-of-project processes.
Managing contract procedures for building services engineering projectsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to manage contract delivery.
- Plan the delivery of building services engineering contracts.
- Manage the contractual relationship with suppliers of materials, plant, equipment and labour.
- Monitor the progress of the project against contractual obligations.
- Manage human resources relating to contract delivery.
Managing the Development of Self and OthersReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan own personal development
- Implement own personal development
- Manage personal development of colleagues
Managing the Environmental Impact of Work Activities in Manufacturing EngineeringReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal requirements that impact the manufacturing engineering sector
- Understand the impact of work activities on the environment
- Understand the selection of sustainable engineering systems
- Determine the environmental impact of manufacturing engineering work activities
- Organise work activities to minimise environmental impact
- Promote ongoing improvement in environmental performance
Managing the effectiveness of a Building Services Engineering workforceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to manage workforce performance.
- Allocate work to teams and individuals on building services engineering projects.
- Manage the personal development of members of the workforce.
- Manage the performance of the workforce.
- Understand how to manage problems that occur within the workforce.
- Use feedback from the workforce to continuously improve performance.
Monitoring Construction and Installation Operations and Resources to Minimise Energy and Waste in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess energy and waste minimisation solutions
- Understand how to assess energy and waste minimisation solutions
- Implement energy and waste minimisation solutions
- Understand how to implement energy and waste minimisation solutions
Monitoring project quality, progress and cost in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor work against agreed specified quality standards
- Understand how to monitor work against agreed specified quality standards
- Monitor project progress against agreed programmes
- Understand how to monitor project progress against agreed programmes
- Monitor project quantities and costs against agreed budgets
- Understand how to monitor project quantities and costs against agreed budgets
Monitoring supplies of resources to meet project sustainability requirements in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop project resource acquisition plans
- Understand how to develop project resource acquisition plans
- Maintain supplies of resources to meet project requirements
- Understand how to maintain supplies of resources to meet project requirements
Monitoring the assembly processes to achieve prescribed performance standards in construction and the built environmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Review assembly processes
- Understand how to review assembly processes
- Co-ordinate assembly processes
- Understand how to co-ordinate assembly processes
Plan, allocate and monitor work in own area of responsibilityReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce a work plan for own area of responsibility.
- Allocate and agree responsibilities with team members.
- Monitor the progress and quality of work in own area of responsibility and provide feedback.
- Review and amend plans of work for own area of responsibility and communicate changes.
Planning Construction Work Processes and Efficient Use of Resources in Construction and the Built EnvironmentReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Assess work resources and work methods
- Understand how to plan work resources and work methods
- Produce method statements and programmes
- Understand how to produce method statements and programmes
- Monitor programmes and resources
- Understand how to monitor programmes and resources
Planning work methods, resources and systems to meet building services engineering project work requirementsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and applications of work methods for building services engineering projects
- Evaluate work methods for building services engineering projects
- Interpret the selected work method to produce a method statement
- Plan work activities and resources for building services engineering projects
- Amend work programmes
- Monitor the on-going progress of work activities
- Manage the selection and formation of a project working team
- Establish and maintain project organisational systems
- Establis
Prepare for and support quality auditsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the quality standards and procedures that apply to own area of responsibility.
- Monitor work in own area of responsibility against quality standards and procedures.
- Prepare for a quality audit in own area of responsibility.
- Discuss quality audit findings with the auditor.
- Complete agreed actions following a quality audit.
Preparing and advising on building services engineering project design recommendationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Plan the presentation of project design recommendations.
- Present project design recommendations.
- Understand how to manage the process of modifying a design recommendation.
- Manage communications relating to the selection of a project design recommendation.
Preparing and agreeing detailed building services engineering project designsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Apply methods and techniques to prepare detailed designs for building services engineering projects.
- Plan work activities for the development of detailed design solutions.
- Understand methods for investigating detailed building services engineering system design solutions.
- Consolidate detailed building services engineering system design solutions.
- Agree a design solution.
Produce Engineering SpecificationsReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Produce engineering specifications
- Produce engineering specifications
Schedule Activities for Engineering Methods and ProceduresReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Schedule Activities for Engineering Methods and Procedures
- Schedule Activities for Engineering Methods and Procedures
Undertake Engineering ResearchReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake engineering research
- Undertake engineering research
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- Advise on the selection and modification of a design proposal
- Applying Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
- Assist in Identifying Engineering Design Requirements of Clients
- Audit void property security solutions
- Commission building services engineering installations
- Commission, demonstrate and handover the Physical Security solution
- Confirm energy efficiency and carbon minimisation for building control
- Contribute to the maintenance of health and safety systems to conform with statutory and organisational requirements within safety services
Where this can lead
Building Services Manager
Your journey here is what you make it. We're committed to providing the opportunities, but your drive and desire to learn will ultimately shape your path. If you're passionate about making buildings work and want to grow with us, we're excited to see where you'll go.
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Skills it covers
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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 Pearson Edexcel Level 4 NVQ Diploma in Engineering Environmental Technologies (QCF)
49 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Analysing and selecting parts for improvement
- Applying Six Sigma methodology to a project
- Applying quality function deployment _QFD_
- Carrying out capability studies
- Co-ordinating work operations and resources to meet project requirements in construction and the built environment
- Commissioning building services engineering systems after installation
and 43 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
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- 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.
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- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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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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