How you’d get this certificate
- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer NOCN has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.
NOCN offers a broad range of qualifications and alternative routes for both experienced workers and new entrants to the jobs market.
These are the units NOCN 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.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with NOCN. It does the teaching and the mapping. NOCN sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Assess and identify appropriate work methods for construction projects
- Understand the factors influencing the selection of work methods
- Develop project programming and resourcing plans effectively
- Understand the principles of project programming and resource allocation
- Monitor project progress against agreed programmes, identifying and addressing any deviations
- Understand the techniques used to monitor project progress
Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with people
- Understand the principles of developing and maintaining relationships with people in a construction environment
- Optimise your own resources to meet objectives effectively
- Understand how to optimise your own resources to meet objectives
- Undertake personal development in the occupational practice area to enhance skills and knowledge
- Understand the importance of undertaking personal development in the occupational practice area
Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Apply dimensional control criteria to construction works, ensuring compliance with project specifications and regulations.
- Understand the principles and requirements of dimensional control criteria in construction.
- Maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works throughout the project lifecycle, identifying and rectifying any deviations promptly.
- Understand the methods used to maintain the dimensional accuracy of construction works.
Implement contract work in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Control work activities to meet agreed contract quality standards
- Understand the methods used to control work activities to meet agreed contract quality standards
- Maintain contract compliance with all relevant statutory and contractual requirements
- Understand the methods used to maintain contract compliance with all relevant statutory and contractual requirements
Integrate and control project design information in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Implement project documentation systems effectively
- Understand the processes involved in implementing project documentation systems
- Integrate project design information accurately
- Evaluate project design information to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Understand the processes involved in integrating and evaluating project design information
Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and monitor requirements for suppliers of materials in construction, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery.
- Understand the processes involved in identifying and monitoring requirements for suppliers.
- Maintain and record supplies of materials accurately, using appropriate inventory management systems.
- Understand the methods used to maintain and record supplies of materials.
- Contribute to improvements in supplier performance by providing feedback and identifying areas for development.
- Understand the processes involved in contributing to improvements in supplier performance.
Operate health, safety and welfare systems in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Operate health, safety and welfare systems effectively in the workplace
- Understand the principles and procedures for operating health, safety and welfare systems
- Identify hazards and assess risks accurately in the workplace
- Understand the methods used to identify hazards and assess risks
Operate project information systems in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain feedback information from relevant sources
- Evaluate feedback information to identify areas for improvement
- Understand the methods used to obtain and evaluate feedback information
Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor contract quantities and costs accurately
- Understand the methods used to monitor contract quantities and costs
- Prepare interim valuations and final accounts in accordance with industry standards
- Understand the processes involved in preparing interim valuations and final accounts
- Identify and record income and expenditure accurately and efficiently
- Understand the methods used to identify and record income and expenditure
- Prepare information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense claims
- Understand the processes involved in preparing information for additional costs for reimbursement for loss and expense
Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify potential tenderers who meet the project requirements
- Understand how to identify potential tenderers who meet the project requirements
- Prepare and issue tender documents to potential tenderers
- Understand how to prepare and issue tender documents to potential tenderers
- Check tenders to ensure they meet the specified criteria
- Understand how to check tenders to ensure they meet the specified criteria
Prepare drawings and schedules in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare drawings and associated information to required standards
- Understand the processes involved in preparing drawings and associated information
- Prepare schedules accurately and efficiently
- Understand the processes involved in preparing schedules
Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Understand the processes involved in evaluating estimate, bid and tender enquiry documentation.
- Calculate quantities, resources and costs accurately within a tender, using appropriate methods and tools.
- Understand the methods used to calculate quantities, resources and costs within a tender.
- Collate and present tender information clearly and concisely, adhering to specified formats and deadlines.
- Understand the processes involved in collating and presenting tender information.
Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for physical testing in construction, ensuring all necessary equipment and materials are available and in good working order.
- Understand the procedures involved in preparing for physical testing in construction.
- Carry out physical testing in construction according to established standards and safety regulations.
- Understand the methods used to carry out physical testing in construction.
- Present test results accurately and clearly, using appropriate formats and terminology.
- Understand the processes involved in presenting test results.
Prepare for work operations in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Collate and present tender information effectively
- Understand the processes involved in collating and presenting tender information
- Prepare effectively for site operations
- Understand the necessary steps to prepare for site operations
- Implement and control work operations according to established procedures
- Understand the methods used to implement and control work operations
Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare effectively to carry out surveys, ensuring all necessary resources are available
- Understand the preparatory steps required to carry out surveys
- Carry out surveys accurately and efficiently, following established procedures
- Understand the methods used to carry out surveys
- Present survey data clearly and concisely, using appropriate formats
- Understand the methods used to present survey data
Prepare programmes and schedules of work in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain the information needed to make critical decisions related to programmes and schedules of work
- Understand how to obtain the information needed to make critical decisions related to programmes and schedules of work
- Confirm project requirements to ensure alignment with programmes and schedules of work
- Understand how to confirm project requirements to ensure alignment with programmes and schedules of work
- Prepare a work schedule that effectively outlines project tasks and timelines
- Understand how to prepare a work schedule that effectively outlines project tasks and timelines
Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare information relating to additional costs for reimbursement of loss and expense claims
- Understand the processes involved in preparing information for additional cost reimbursement
- Review and finalise proposals for the provision of products and services, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Understand the processes involved in reviewing and finalising proposals
- Obtain and evaluate feedback information to improve future proposals
- Understand the methods used to obtain and evaluate feedback information
Recommend and monitor supplies of plant and equipment in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and recommend appropriate plant and equipment for construction projects, considering factors such as cost, performance, and safety.
- Understand the factors to consider when identifying and recommending plant and equipment.
- Monitor the performance of plant and equipment supplied, identifying and addressing any issues or inefficiencies.
- Understand the methods used to monitor the performance of plant and equipment.
Record the condition of property in construction Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm a condition survey process, ensuring adherence to relevant procedures and standards.
- Understand how to confirm a condition survey process, including the necessary documentation and approvals.
- Inspect the condition of property, identifying and documenting any defects or areas of concern.
- Understand how to inspect the condition of property, utilising appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Prepare and present condition survey reports and records accurately and effectively.
- Understand how to prepare and present condition survey reports and records, ensuring clarity and completeness.
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
Carry out and present condition surveys in built environment design
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Collect, analyse and prevent measured survey data
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Contribute to the preparation and processing of tender procurement
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Develop a Schedule of Work in a Building Information Modelling Environment
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Develop, negotiate and agree proposals to offer services and products
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Implement Contract Work in Construction
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Integrate and control project design information in construction
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Manage contract cost control
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Monitor supplies at storage locations and facilities
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Operate project information systems in construction
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Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction
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Prepare drawings and schedules in built environment design
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Prepare drawings and schedules in construction
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Prepare drawings to communicate designs
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Prepare estimates, bids and tenders in construction
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Prepare for and carry out physical testing in construction
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Prepare for, collect, analyse and present survey data in construction
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Prepare, produce and present quotations and tenders
Showing 18 of 23 standards these units map to.
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN 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
Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in constructionDevelop and maintain working relationships and personal development in constructionEstablish and maintain the dimensional control of construction worksImplement contract work in constructionIntegrate and control project design information in constructionMonitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in constructionOperate health, safety and welfare systems in constructionOperate project information systems in construction
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.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Rehearse the conversation Apply
“Prepare proposals and obtain feedback for the provision of products and services in construction” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.
- Pitch it Evaluate
“Prepare and process invitations to tender in construction” 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
For “Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in construction” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Prepare and monitor costs and accounts in construction” 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.
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
- Collect, analyse and prevent measured survey data
- Contribute to the preparation and processing of tender procurement
- Develop a Schedule of Work in a Building Information Modelling Environment
- Develop, negotiate and agree proposals to offer services and products
- Implement Contract Work in Construction
- Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Manage contract cost control
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 Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in construction, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to assess and select appropriate work methods, develop project programming and resourcing plans, and monitor progress against agreed schedules. Learners will understand how site conditions influence method selection and resource allocation.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for NOCN Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Construction Contracting Operations
19 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Assess, plan, and monitor project methods and progress in construction
- Develop and maintain working relationships and personal development in construction
- Establish and maintain the dimensional control of construction works
- Implement contract work in construction
- Integrate and control project design information in construction
- Monitor, maintain and improve supplies of materials in construction
and 13 more in the full unit list below.
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