ProQual Awarding Body · RQF Level 6
ProQual Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Controlling Lifting Operations - Planning Lifts (Construction)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 6
- Total credits89
- Guided learning274 hours
- Units in this qualification6
Awarded by ProQual Awarding Body · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units ProQual Awarding Body 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.
Evaluating and Selecting Work Methods to Meet Project or Operational Requirements in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Assess and evaluate project or operational data in order to identify work methods.
- Obtain additional information from other sources in cases where the available project or operational data is insufficient.
- Identify work methods which will make the best use of resources and materials and meets project and current legislation requirements.
- Evaluate identified work methods against technical, environmental and project or operational criteria and select appropriate methods.
- Ensure method statements are accurate, clear and concise and acceptable to all the people involved.
- Recommend and promote
Identifying, Allocating and Planning the Deployment and Use of Plant, Equipment or Machinery in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Ensure that the specification of the selected plant, equipment or machinery meets the needs of the project before deployment.
- Ensure that the plant, equipment or machinery to be deployed complies with current legislation and will be set up, operated and maintained by competent people.
- Implement a system to update the deployment and allocation of plant, equipment or machinery, and operators, as the project progresses or changes occur.
- Identify hazards and assess risks arising from the use of plant, equipment or machinery and implement measures that protect people and the environment.
- Ensure
Planning Activities and Resources to Meet Work Requirements in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Organise activities to make the most efficient use of the available resources.
- Evaluate alternative methods, resources and systems to select the best solution to meet programmes and schedules.
- Obtain clarification or advice from various sources where the resources needed are not available.
- Analyse activities against project or operation data and the requirements of external factors.
- Update existing programmes and schedules of planned activities and suggest them to decision makers/persons responsible.
- Implement systems to monitor and record works against programmes and schedules, and use t
Planning Lifting Activities Using Cranes and/or Lifting Equipment in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm work requirements against sourced information when planning lifting activities using cranes and/or lifting equipment.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the work environment and resources.
- Structure work methods by assessing and accounting for all influencing factors.
- Amend work methods to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining requirements of the lifting activity.
- Communicate amended work methods to people involved in the lifting activity.
- Prepare and record lift plans, work methods and schedules in written and visual formats, a
Planning and Establishing Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Systems for Lifting Operations in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and recommend actions for improving the health, safety and welfare of people affected by the lifting operation.
- Promote a culture of health, safety, welfare and environmental awareness
- Establish procedures that ensures workforces responsibilities and competencies, and are fully inducted to the lifting operation.
- Ensure the identification of health, safety, welfare and environmental protection equipment and resources in order to comply with current legislation.
- Implement systems which meet organisational and statutory requirements to identify hazards, reduce risks and maintain the
Planning the Preparation of the Site for the Project or Operation in the WorkplaceReal unit · ProQual Awarding Body
What you'll be able to do
- Assemble and review information used in the preparation of the project or operation plan, clarify information which is not clear and update it for production planning purposes.
- Identify factors for consideration, record them and pass them on to people who may be affected.
- Identify access and egress points for the site and works which are safe, convenient and minimise disruption.
- Organise the resources required for the preparation of site or work operations.
- Give accurate details about the proposed work to the utility and emergency services.
- Make arrangements for adequate site or operation
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 6 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.
- Identify, allocate and plan the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery Legacy
- Plan Lifting Activities Legacy
- Plan and establish health, safety, welfare and environmental systems for lifting operations
Where this can lead
Associate Resource Planner
This Associate role is just the beginning. We're looking for someone who's eager to learn, grow, and eventually shape how we operate. If you're ready to put in the work and build a solid foundation, the opportunities here are genuinely exciting. We're investing in you for the long haul.
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 ProQual Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Controlling Lifting Operations - Planning Lifts (Construction)
6 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ProQual Awarding Body.
- Evaluating and Selecting Work Methods to Meet Project or Operational Requirements in the Workplace
- Identifying, Allocating and Planning the Deployment and Use of Plant, Equipment or Machinery in the Workplace
- Planning Activities and Resources to Meet Work Requirements in the Workplace
- Planning Lifting Activities Using Cranes and/or Lifting Equipment in the Workplace
- Planning and Establishing Health, Safety, Welfare and Environmental Systems for Lifting Operations in the Workplace
- Planning the Preparation of the Site for the Project or Operation in the Workplace
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.