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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Inspect the condition of assets, identifying defects and deterioration.
- Understand the methods and techniques used to inspect the condition of assets, including visual inspection and non-destructive testing.
- Prepare condition survey reports and records accurately and comprehensively, documenting findings and recommendations.
- Understand the requirements for preparing condition survey reports and records, including relevant standards and regulations.
Collate project information and prepare specifications in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Collate project information from various sources, such as drawings, specifications, and site surveys.
- Check project information for accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Understand the importance of accurate and complete project information for design and construction.
- Understand the methods for collating and checking project information, including data management systems and quality control procedures.
- Prepare design specifications that clearly define the requirements for a built environment design project.
- Understand the different types of design specifications, such as performance specifications and prescriptive specifications.
- Understand the process of preparing design specifications, including research, analysis, and documentation.
Identify project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify project energy efficiency requirements in accordance with relevant standards and regulations.
- Identify project carbon minimisation requirements in accordance with relevant standards and regulations.
- Understand the methods for identifying project energy efficiency requirements.
- Understand the methods for identifying project carbon minimisation requirements.
Investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions for built environment design projects.
- Understand how to investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions for built environment design projects.
Investigate factors affecting project development in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the investigation requirements for a given built environment design project.
- Understand how to identify the investigation requirements for a given built environment design project.
- Investigate relevant data and present findings in a clear and concise manner.
- Understand how to investigate relevant data and present findings in a clear and concise manner.
Maintain professional relationships and practice in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain relationships with other people in a professional context.
- Understand how to maintain effective and professional relationships with other people.
- Exchange information and present advice on technical issues related to built environment design.
- Understand how to effectively exchange information and present advice on technical issues related to built environment design.
- Operate within an ethical framework relevant to built environment design.
- Understand the principles and requirements of operating within an ethical framework relevant to built environment design.
- Organise and participate effectively in meetings related to built environment design projects.
- Understand how to organise and participate effectively in meetings related to built environment design projects.
- Undertake personal development activities to enhance professional skills and knowledge.
- Understand the importance of personal development and how to plan and undertake relevant activities.
Monitor projects in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor health and safety requirements in your area of responsibility on built environment design projects.
- Understand the relevant health and safety legislation and regulations.
- Understand the procedures for monitoring health and safety, including risk assessments and site inspections.
- Monitor contracts against agreed quality standards on built environment design projects.
- Understand the relevant quality standards and specifications.
- Understand the procedures for monitoring contracts against quality standards, including inspections and testing.
- Monitor contract progress against agreed programmes on built environment design projects.
- Understand the relevant project management techniques.
- Understand the procedures for monitoring contract progress, including progress reports and site meetings.
- Monitor contract costs and information for certification on built environment design projects.
- Understand the relevant cost control procedures.
- Understand the procedures for monitoring contract costs and information for certification, including cost reports and payment applications.
Monitor tests and present reports in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm tests are conducted according to specified procedures and regulations.
- Monitor tests to ensure accuracy and validity of results.
- Understand the procedures for confirming tests are conducted correctly.
- Understand the methods for monitoring tests to ensure accuracy and validity.
- Present test results in a clear and concise report format.
- Understand the methods for presenting test results in a clear and concise report format.
Obtain and assess tenders in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain tenders from suitable contractors for built environment design projects.
- Assess tenders to determine the most suitable contractor for a project.
- Understand the tendering process, including pre-qualification, invitation to tender, and tender evaluation.
- Understand the factors to consider when assessing tenders, including price, quality, and experience.
Plan, carry out and present measured surveys in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare adequately for measured surveys, ensuring necessary equipment and resources are available.
- Understand the procedures and protocols required to prepare for measured surveys, including risk assessments and site surveys.
- Carry out measured surveys accurately and efficiently, following established methodologies.
- Understand the techniques and considerations involved in carrying out measured surveys, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
- Analyse and present the data obtained from measured surveys in a clear and concise manner, using appropriate formats and visual aids.
- Understand the principles and methods used to analyse and present measured survey data, ensuring effective communication of findings.
Prepare drawings and schedules in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare accurate and detailed drawings for built environment design projects.
- Understand the processes and techniques involved in preparing accurate and detailed drawings for built environment design projects.
- Prepare schedules for built environment design projects, including specifications and quantities.
- Understand the processes and techniques involved in preparing schedules for built environment design projects, including specifications and quantities.
Prepare tenders in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate different work methods relevant to built environment design projects.
- Recommend appropriate work methods based on project requirements and constraints.
- Understand the factors to consider when evaluating work methods, including efficiency, safety, and environmental impact.
- Understand the process of recommending work methods, including documentation and communication.
- Estimate the resource requirements for a tender, including labour, materials, and equipment.
- Estimate the costs associated with a tender, including direct costs, indirect costs, and profit margin.
- Understand the principles of resource estimation, including productivity rates and waste factors.
- Understand the principles of cost estimation, including cost breakdown structures and pricing strategies.
Produce and recommend detailed design solutions in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the purpose, methods and techniques for preparing detailed design solutions in built environment design.
- Understand how to confirm the purpose, methods and techniques for preparing detailed design solutions in built environment design.
- Confirm and select appropriate materials, components and systems for detailed design solutions.
- Understand how to confirm and select appropriate materials, components and systems for detailed design solutions.
- Produce and recommend detailed design solutions that meet project requirements and specifications.
- Understand how to produce and recommend detailed design solutions that meet project requirements and specifications.
- Make informed design choices to address potential health and safety hazards and risks.
- Understand how to make informed design choices to address potential health and safety hazards and risks.
Report on and prepare applications to secure consents in built environment design Real unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Report on the status of applications for consents related to built environment design projects.
- Prepare applications to secure necessary consents for built environment design projects.
- Understand the relevant regulations and procedures for obtaining consents.
- Understand the process of reporting on and preparing applications for consents, including documentation and communication with relevant authorities.
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.
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Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design
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Collate Print
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Collate project information and prepare specifications in built environment design
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Collate the information required and prepare reports for the appraisal and valuation of property
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Confirm energy efficiency and carbon minimisation for building control
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Identify project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements in built environment design
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Investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions
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Investigate factors affecting project development in built environment design
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Maintain Professional Relationships and Practice in Built Environment Design
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Manage investigations in design services
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Monitor and record tests
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Monitor projects in built environment design
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Monitor tests and present reports in built environment design
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Obtain and assess tenders in built environment design
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Organise and commission investigations in planning, conservation and building control
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Plan, carry out and present measured surveys in built environment design
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Practice within an ethical and value framework in design service organisations
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Prepare Applications to Secure Statutory Consents in Planning and Conservation
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Where this can lead
Lead Carbon Reduction Strategist
This work can lead to director-level sustainability roles, or a Chief Sustainability Officer position setting climate strategy at board level.
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What you would be collecting
Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment designCollate project information and prepare specifications in built environment designIdentify project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements in built environment designInvestigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions in built environment designInvestigate factors affecting project development in built environment designMaintain professional relationships and practice in built environment designMonitor projects in built environment designMonitor tests and present reports in built environment design
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
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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.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Obtain and assess tenders in built environment design” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
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- Draft the real one Create
You do “Monitor tests and present reports in built environment design” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
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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.
- Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design
- Collate Print
- Collate project information and prepare specifications in built environment design
- Collate the information required and prepare reports for the appraisal and valuation of property
- Confirm energy efficiency and carbon minimisation for building control
- Identify project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements in built environment design
- Investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions
- Investigate factors affecting project development in built environment design
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 Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will develop skills to inspect and assess the condition of built environment assets, recognising common defects and deterioration. The unit includes preparing detailed condition survey reports and records using appropriate inspection methods.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Built Environment Design
14 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design
- Collate project information and prepare specifications in built environment design
- Identify project energy efficiency and carbon minimisation requirements in built environment design
- Investigate and produce integrated conservation, repair and maintenance solutions in built environment design
- Investigate factors affecting project development in built environment design
- Maintain professional relationships and practice in built environment design
and 8 more in the full unit list below.
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