How you’d get it
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 GQA Qualifications Limited has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and GQA Qualifications Limited awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from GQA Qualifications Limited.
01What it is
This GQA Level 3 NVQ Diploma is intended for those working in heritage skills, specifically plastering occupations within the building and construction sector. Competence is developed in confirming work activities, determining occupational methods, maintaining good working relationships, and producing plaster and render finishes for conservation projects.
These are the units GQA Qualifications Limited 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.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with GQA Qualifications Limited. It does the teaching and the mapping. GQA Qualifications Limited sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
02The units
What each unit actually teaches you to do
Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the Workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
You'll be able to confirm work activities and resource requirements for an occupational work area. The unit includes planning work sequences, assessing resources, obtaining clarification, and evaluating activities against project requirements to ensure effective task completion.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify work activities, assess required resources and plan the sequence of work.
- Obtain clarification and advice where the resources required are not available.
- Evaluate the work activities and the requirements of any significant external factors against the project requirements.
- Identify work activities which influence each other and make the best use of the resources available.
- Identify changed circumstances that require alterations to the work programme and justify them to decision makers.
Confirming the Occupational Method of Work in the Workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to confirm the occupational method of work by analysing project data and obtaining additional information when necessary. You'll identify efficient work methods that optimise resource use and comply with project, statutory, and contractual requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Assess available project data accurately to determine the occupational method of work.
- Obtain additional information from alternative sources in cases where the available project data is insufficient.
- Identify work methods that will make best use of resources and meet project, statutory and contractual requirements.
- Confirm and communicate the selected work method to relevant personnel.
Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace. Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
This unit provides learners with knowledge of workplace health, safety, and welfare legislation. You'll identify potential hazards, understand procedures for reporting uncontrolled risks, and comply with organisational policies to contribute to a safe working environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Comply with all workplace health, safety and welfare legislation requirements.
- Recognise hazards associated with the workplace that have not been previously controlled and report them in accordance with organisational procedures.
- Comply with organisational policies and procedures to contribute to health, safety and welfare.
- Work responsibly to contribute to workplace health, safety and welfare whilst carrying out work in the relevant occupational area.
- Comply with and support all organisational security arrangements and approved procedures.
Conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
This unit covers interpreting information and identifying resources for conserving, restoring, or repairing fibrous plasterwork. You'll understand how to comply with relevant legislation and official guidance and maintain safe working practices throughout the project.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work, including plans, drawings, and specifications, when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Interpret the given information relating to the resources required, including materials, tools, and equipment, when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Comply with official guidance and best practices when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Maintain safe working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations, when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Select the required quantity of resources, ensuring sufficient materials are available, for the methods of work to conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork.
- Select the required quality of resources, ensuring materials meet the required standards, for the methods of work to conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the fibrous plasterwork during conservation, restoration or repair when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the surrounding area, protecting existing structures and finishes, when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Complete the conservation, restoration or repair work within the allocated time, managing time effectively, when conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork.
- Comply with the given contract information, following instructions and specifications, to conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork.
- Conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork to the required specification, meeting quality standards and client expectations.
Conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to interpret project information and identify resources necessary for conserving, restoring, or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces. The unit covers compliance with relevant legislation and official guidance, alongside maintaining safe and healthy working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work, including plans, drawings, and specifications, when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Interpret the given information relating to the resources required, including materials, tools, and equipment, when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Comply with official guidance and best practices when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations, when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Select the required quantity of resources, ensuring sufficient materials are available, for the methods of work to conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Select the required quality of resources, ensuring materials meet the required standards, for the methods of work to conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the solid plaster or render surfaces during conservation, restoration or repair when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the surrounding area, protecting existing structures and finishes, when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Complete the conservation, restoration or repair work within the allocated time, managing time effectively, when conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Comply with the given contract information, following instructions and specifications, to conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces.
- Conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces to the required specification, meeting quality standards and client expectations.
Developing and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships in the Workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
You'll learn to establish and maintain good occupational working relationships in the workplace. The unit covers promoting goodwill and trust, communicating appropriately about work activities, offering advice, and encouraging open dialogue among colleagues.
What you'll be able to do
- Develop working relationships to promote good will and trust.
- Maintain working relationships to promote good will and trust.
- Encourage working relationships to promote good will and trust.
- Inform relevant people about work activities in an appropriate level of detail, with the appropriate level of urgency.
- Offer advice and help to relevant people about work activities.
- Encourage questions and requests for clarification and comments from relevant people about work activities.
- Clarify proposals with relevant people.
- Discuss alternative suggestions with relevant people.
- Resolve differences of opinion in ways that minimise offence.
- Maintain goodwill, trust and respect when resolving differences of opinion.
Installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
You'll gain knowledge and skills to install fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects. The unit covers interpreting project information, identifying resources, complying with legislation, and maintaining safe working practices throughout the installation.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work, including plans, drawings, and specifications, when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Interpret the given information relating to the resources required, including materials, tools, and equipment, when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with official guidance and best practices when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Maintain safe working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations, when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Select the required quantity of resources, ensuring sufficient materials are available, for the methods of work to install fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Select the required quality of resources, ensuring materials meet the required standards, for the methods of work to install fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the fibrous plasterwork during installation when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the surrounding area, protecting existing structures and finishes, when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Complete the installation work within the allocated time, managing time effectively, when installing fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with the given contract information, following instructions and specifications, to install fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects.
- Install fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects to the required specification, meeting quality standards and client expectations.
Preparing and mixing lime mortars in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
You'll interpret plans and specifications related to preparing and mixing lime mortars, selecting appropriate materials and equipment. The unit includes adherence to health, safety, and environmental regulations to ensure safe and effective mortar preparation in the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information, including plans, drawings, and specifications, relating to the preparation and mixing of lime mortars.
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, and official guidance pertaining to health, safety, and environmental considerations when preparing and mixing lime mortars.
- Implement and maintain safe working practices, including the correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE), when preparing and mixing lime mortars.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources, including lime, aggregates, and water, appropriate for the specified methods of work for preparing and mixing lime mortars.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work itself, surrounding areas, and existing structures during the preparation and mixing of lime mortars.
- Complete the preparation and mixing of lime mortars within the allocated time, adhering to project schedules and deadlines.
- Comply with the given contract information and project specifications to prepare and mix lime mortars to the required consistency, strength, and application requirements.
Producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects. You'll interpret project information, identify required materials and equipment, comply with relevant legislation, and maintain safe working practices during production.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work, including plans, drawings, and specifications, when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Interpret the given information relating to the resources required, including materials, tools, and equipment, when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with official guidance and best practices when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Maintain safe working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations, when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Select the required quantity of resources, ensuring sufficient materials are available, for the methods of work to produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Select the required quality of resources, ensuring materials meet the required standards, for the methods of work to produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the fibrous plasterwork during production when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the surrounding area, protecting existing structures and finishes, when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Complete the production work within the allocated time, managing time effectively, when producing fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Comply with the given contract information, following instructions and specifications, to produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects.
- Produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects to the required specification, meeting quality standards and client expectations.
Producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
This unit equips learners to produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures. You'll interpret project information, comply with legislation and guidance, and maintain safe working practices during the finishing process.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Select the required quantity of resources for the methods of work to produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Select the required quality of resources for the methods of work to produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when producing plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
- Comply with the given contract information to produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures.
Working on conservation and restoration projects in the workplace Real unit · GQA Qualifications Limited
It teaches you to interpret information from plans, drawings, and specifications related to conservation and restoration projects. You'll identify required materials, tools, and equipment, understand their purposes, and comply with relevant legislation and official guidance while maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work, including plans, drawings, and specifications, when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Interpret the given information relating to the resources required, including materials, tools, and equipment, when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Comply with relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Comply with official guidance and best practices when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices, adhering to health and safety regulations, when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Select the required quantity of resources, ensuring sufficient materials are available, for the methods of work to work on conservation and restoration projects.
- Select the required quality of resources, ensuring materials meet the required standards, for the methods of work to work on conservation and restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the existing structure or features when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the surrounding area, protecting existing structures and finishes, when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Complete the work within the allocated time, managing time effectively, when working on conservation and restoration projects.
- Comply with the given contract information, following instructions and specifications, to work on conservation and restoration projects.
- Work on conservation and restoration projects to the required specification, meeting quality standards and client expectations.
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03The standards
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
Conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork Legacy
- Standard
Conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces Legacy
- Standard
Prepare and mix earth plasters and earth renders
- Standard
Prepare and mix lime mortars Legacy
- Standard
Produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects
- Standard
Produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures
- Standard
Working on Conservation and Restoration Projects
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04The credits
The credits, and who awards them
Level 3 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited 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
Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the WorkplaceConfirming the Occupational Method of Work in the WorkplaceConforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace.Conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork in the workplaceConserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces in the workplaceDeveloping and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships in the WorkplaceInstalling fibrous plaster on conservation or restoration projects in the workplacePreparing and mixing lime mortars in the workplace
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.
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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.
GQA Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Heritage Skills-Plastering Occupations
- Conserve, restore or repair fibrous plasterwork Legacy
- Conserve, restore or repair solid plaster or render surfaces Legacy
- Prepare and mix earth plasters and earth renders
- Prepare and mix lime mortars Legacy
- Produce fibrous plasterwork on conservation or restoration projects
- Produce plaster and render finishes on conservation or restoration projects or earthen structures
- Working on Conservation and Restoration Projects
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 Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the Workplace, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will be able to confirm work activities and resource requirements for an occupational work area. The unit includes planning work sequences, assessing resources, obtaining clarification, and evaluating activities against project requirements to ensure effective task completion.
How the thinking builds
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for GQA Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Heritage Skills-Plastering Occupations
11 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by GQA Qualifications Limited.
- Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the Workplace
- Confirming the Occupational Method of Work in the Workplace
- Conforming to General Health, Safety and Welfare in the Workplace.
- Conserving, restoring or repairing fibrous plasterwork in the workplace
- Conserving, restoring or repairing solid plaster or render surfaces in the workplace
- Developing and Maintaining Good Occupational Working Relationships in the Workplace
and 5 more in the full unit list below.
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