Pearson Education Ltd · RQF Level 6
Pearson Edexcel Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 6
- Total credits172
- Guided learning447 hours
- Units in this qualification25
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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.
Allocating Work and Checking People’s Performance in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the programme or operations and schedules, identify priorities and critical activities, and plan how the work will be undertaken.
- Allocate work to team members, taking into account their current circumstances, and brief them on the quality standards or level expected.
- Monitor the progress and quality of the work and provide prompt and constructive feedback.
- Motivate team members to complete the work they have been allocated and provide, where requested and possible, any additional support and/or resources.
- Identify unacceptable or poor performance, discuss the cause(s) and agree wa
Contributing to the Identification of Work Teams in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify any significant factors which will affect the number, type and availability of people and services.
- Evaluate and record the quality and potential reliability of people or services, and circulate the results to decision-makers.
- Negotiate and agree proposals which are likely to produce effective teams.
- Follow rules and formalities for obtaining people and services.
Controlling Project Progress against Agreed Programmes in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Develop and implement systems to monitor and record the progress of the project against the agreed programme(s).
- Collect progress information regularly and summarise it for relevant people.
- Identify inadequate or inappropriate resources, inform relevant people, and specify and obtain alternative resources.
- Identify and quantify any deviations from planned progress which have occurred, or which may occur, that could disrupt the programme.
- Investigate the circumstances of any deviations thoroughly and agree and implement appropriate corrective action.
- Recommend options to relevant people th
Controlling Project Progress against Agreed Quality Standards in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and interpret quality standards from available information, and pass them to people responsible for their implementation before they start work.
- Specify clearly and unambiguously the responsibilities which individuals have for maintaining quality standards.
- Set up systems to inspect and control the quality of the work.
- Regularly check that work conforms to the design requirements and the specified quality standards.
- Identify work which fails to meet the requirements and specified quality standards and implement corrective action.
- Inform decision-makers about significant variation
Controlling Project Quantities and Costs in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement appropriate quantities and cost control systems which are able to provide early warning of problems.
- Ensure that quantity and cost data is regularly collected, record it and pass it on to the appropriate people responsible in time for them to be able to use it.
- Ensure that work values, quantities and cost data are prepared.
- Ensure that accurate quantities and cost data are prepared and presented in a format which will help the people responsible to make decisions.
- Ensure that variations and trends in quantities and cost data are identified, quantified and costed.
- Ensure that any
Ensuring that Work Activities and Resources Meet Project Work Requirements in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify major activities, determine the resources needed from the information available and prepare draft work programmes and schedules.
- Evaluate alternative methods, resources and systems in order to select the best solution to meet project requirements.
- Obtain clarification and advice where the resources needed are not available.
- Analyse the activities against project requirements and the requirements of external factors.
- Determine how long each activity will take, identify activities which influence each other and sequence them logically and realistically so that they make the best use
Establishing Project Dimensional Control Criteria in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Obtain relevant survey information, check that it is up to date and accurate, and resolve any problems.
- Correlate and interpret information on project work which is relevant to dimensional control.
- Ensure that variations are identified between the specified and the actual site dimensions, record them accurately and circulate them to decision-makers.
- Ensure that reference points are suitably placed, accurate, clearly identified and protected from movement or removal.
- Ensure a dimensional control monitoring system, which will make sure the specified accuracy criteria will be met, is establis
Establishing and Monitoring Communication Systems and Organisational Procedures in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify organisational and communication needs for the project.
- Establish systems and procedures which are compatible with those used by the client, customer or their representative and the supply chain.
- Produce project information and circulate it to people and organisations that have an interest.
- Establish methods of communicating information between people and organisations that have an interest.
- Monitor the communication and organisational methods for effectiveness, identify and investigate breakdowns and take action to restore effective communication and organisation.
- Use informatio
Establishing, Controlling and Monitoring Environmental Factors and Sustainability in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify the environmental management considerations and establish methods of work that will support sustainability by examining project data.
- Encourage a culture of environmental awareness and support for sustainability in the workforce.
- Delegate duties for environmental management and monitoring sustainable work methods.
- Assess the significance of environmental factors as they affect the project and take appropriate action.
- Monitor project work against sustainability requirements and take appropriate action to ensure progress.
- Record good practice in environmental management and sustain
Establishing, Implementing and Maintaining Systems for Managing Health, Safety and Welfare in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Encourage a culture of health, safety and welfare on site, and identify and implement improvements.
- Allocate health, safety and welfare responsibilities which comply with current legislation and ensure site inductions consistently inform people of those responsibilities.
- Ensure accurate and appropriate notices and hazard warnings that conform to current legislation are maintained.
- Ensure health, safety and welfare equipment and resources are available and sufficient to meet current legislation.
- Implement systems which meet current legislation requirements to identify hazards, reduce risks
Evaluating Feedback Information and Recommending Improvements in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Promote the value of making improvements from feedback and encourage the collection of feedback.
- Ensure feedback information from relevant methods or sources is obtained, investigated and assessed.
- Recommend improvements from feedback received and justify the recommendations to relevant people.
- Summarise changes and improvements from feedback which have been agreed and promote them for adoption and use.
Evaluating and Selecting Work Methods to Meet Project or Operational Requirements in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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 and Enabling Learning Opportunities for Given Work Teams in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Promote the benefits of learning by giving fair, regular and useful feedback on their team's work performance.
- Work with their team to identify and prioritise learning needs and identify and obtain information on a range of possible learning activities.
- Discuss development needs with team members.
- Support team members in undertaking learning activities by making efforts to remove any obstacles to learning.
- Evaluate the learning activity undertaken with team members to ensure the desired outcomes have been achieved.
- Update development plans with team members.
Identifying, Allocating and Planning the Deployment and Use of Plant, Equipment or Machinery in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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
Managing Personal Development in a Construction-related WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Define your personal aims and objectives for undertaking development.
- Contact sources of support and guidance to identify recognised standards for you to manage your personal development.
- Analyse the current level of your knowledge and performance and develop a profile of your development needs.
- Prepare a development plan for achieving identified development needs.
- Undertake development activities aimed at achieving identified development needs, reviewing and recording progress and the effectiveness of the activities.
- Measure achievement of identified development needs and record evidence
Managing the Handover of the Construction Project in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm project requirements and consult with stakeholders and develop and agree a handover programme.
- Check that project requirements have been met, or record outstanding work in order to agree and arrange a satisfactory completion.
- Carry out handover inspections and appropriate tests ensuring they are witnessed by stakeholders and certificated in accordance with current legislation.
- Record stakeholder concerns during inspection and agree any required actions.
- Ensure that stakeholders’ respective responsibilities are accepted and adopted.
- Assemble and hand over appropriate documentation
Monitoring Construction Related Project Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Give adequate notice to all the people who will be affected about when work will start, how long it will take and when it will finish and confirm all dates in writing.
- Communicate and agree a programme and method with people who will be doing the work that integrates operations.
- Identify, record and obtain information requirements before work starts.
- Organise attendance for sub-contractors in accordance with project and contractual agreements.
- Plan and obtain sufficient resources of the appropriate type which will meet the project requirements and timescales.
- Organise and control the site
Organising, Controlling and Monitoring Supplies of Materials in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Analyse operational plans and quantities to assess what supplies of materials will be required and calculate and develop a delivery schedule.
- Identify opportunities to standardise supplies of materials.
- Check with the delivery schedule and users to confirm what supplies of materials are needed and ensure appropriate orders are prepared.
- Conduct negotiations and meetings with suppliers and users so that goodwill and trust is maintained and agreed supply requirements are ensured.
- Implement systems, to monitor the delivery schedule and the performance of suppliers, which will identify supply
Planning Demolition Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the work requirements when planning demolition activities against the information supplied.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the work environment.
- Prioritise activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.
- Prepare plans or schedules and negotiate and agree them with decision makers.
Planning Highways Maintenance or Repair Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the work requirements of planning highway maintenance or repair activities.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the work environment.
- Prioritise maintenance activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.
- Prepare plans or schedules of maintenance activities and negotiate and agree them with decision makers.
Planning Historical Conservation/Restoration Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the work requirements against the information supplied when planning historical conservation/restoration activities.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the work environment.
- Prioritise activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.
- Prepare plans or schedules and negotiate and agree them with decision-makers.
Planning Tunnelling Activities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Confirm the work requirements when planning tunnelling activities against the information supplied.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the work environment.
- Prioritise activities by assessing and accounting for all the influencing factors.
- Amend priorities to take account of changing circumstances whilst maintaining consistency with the influencing factors.
- Prepare plans or schedules and negotiate and agree them with decision makers.
Planning and Scheduling the Maintenance or Remedial Activities of Property, Systems or Services in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Implement regular inspections to confirm the project requirements for the maintenance or remedial activities for property, systems or services.
- Identify and review influencing factors and guidance material about the property, system or service.
- Prioritise maintenance or remedial activities to take account of influencing factors whilst maintaining consistency.
- Ensure maintenance or remedial activity records of actions carried out and data collected are current.
- Identify, assess and maintain the necessary resources for maintenance or remedial activities.
- Prepare plans and schedules of maint
Planning the Preparation of the Site for the Project or Operation in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
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
Providing and Monitoring Construction-related Customer Service in the WorkplaceReal unit · Pearson Education Ltd
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and use current legislation and official guidance to implement systems or procedures that will deliver and improve customer service.
- Prepare to deal with customers in order to give consistent and reliable service.
- Work with others to resolve customer problems, communicate with customers and check that they are satisfied with the actions taken.
- Solve problems within existing systems or procedures that may affect customers before the customer becomes aware of them.
- Confirm that the service given meets the customer’s needs and expectations.
- Inform the people responsible about change
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Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
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Allocating Work and Checking People’s Performance in the WorkplaceContributing to the Identification of Work Teams in the WorkplaceControlling Project Progress against Agreed Programmes in the WorkplaceControlling Project Progress against Agreed Quality Standards in the WorkplaceControlling Project Quantities and Costs in the WorkplaceEnsuring that Work Activities and Resources Meet Project Work Requirements in the WorkplaceEstablishing Project Dimensional Control Criteria in the WorkplaceEstablishing and Monitoring Communication Systems and Organisational Procedures in the Workplace
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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Pearson Edexcel Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction)
- Acquire and assess project feedback using Building Information Modelling
- Contribute to the Identification of a Work Team
- Control Project Progress Against Agreed Programmes
- Control Project Progress Against Agreed Quality Standards
- Control and monitor contract quantities and costs
- Control project quantities and costs Legacy
- Ensure that work activities and resources meet project work requirements
- Establish Dimensional Control Criteria
Where this can lead
Maintenance Planner / Coordinator
This role is a solid foundation for a rewarding career in facilities management. We're looking for someone who wants to learn, grow, and genuinely contribute to keeping our properties in top shape. If you're organised, reliable, and eager to get stuck in, we'd love to hear from you.
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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.
Acquire and assess project feedback using Building Information ModellingContribute to the Identification of a Work TeamControl Project Progress Against Agreed ProgrammesControl Project Progress Against Agreed Quality StandardsControl and monitor contract quantities and costsControl project quantities and costs LegacyEnsure that work activities and resources meet project work requirementsEstablish Dimensional Control CriteriaEstablish and monitor communication systems and organisational proceduresEstablish, control, and monitor environmental factors and sustainabilityEstablish, implement and maintain systems for managing health, safety and welfareEvaluate and select work methods LegacyEvaluate and select work methods for own workEvaluate feedback information and recommend improvements LegacyIdentify, allocate and plan the deployment and use of plant, equipment or machinery LegacyManage handover of the project’s deliverablesManage the personal development of yourself and others within design service organisationsManage your personal development+11 more
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.
One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
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How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Pearson Edexcel Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Construction Site Management (Construction)
25 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Pearson Education Ltd.
- Allocating Work and Checking People’s Performance in the Workplace
- Contributing to the Identification of Work Teams in the Workplace
- Controlling Project Progress against Agreed Programmes in the Workplace
- Controlling Project Progress against Agreed Quality Standards in the Workplace
- Controlling Project Quantities and Costs in the Workplace
- Ensuring that Work Activities and Resources Meet Project Work Requirements in the Workplace
and 19 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
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you, on your real work, is for.
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.
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