NOCN · RQF Level 3
NOCN Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Demolition (Construction)
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- LevelRQF Level 3
- Total credits131
- Guided learning520 hours
- Units in this qualification16
Awarded by NOCN · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Co-ordinating and confirming the dimensional control requirements of the work in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll learn to co-ordinate and communicate dimensional control information, use appropriate measuring equipment to confirm and maintain dimensional accuracy, and identify and rectify deviations to meet specified work requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Co-ordinate with and communicate dimensional control information to work colleagues
- Confirm and measure dimensional controls and maintain them to the specified work requirements
- Check and ensure measuring and recording equipment meets the specified tolerances
- Identify any deviations in dimensional controls and ensure they are corrected in accordance with work requirements
Co-ordinating and organising work operations in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll learn to coordinate and organise work operations effectively in the workplace. The unit covers providing clear information to stakeholders, agreeing work timescales and methods with the workforce, implementing communication procedures, and resolving communication breakdowns.
What you'll be able to do
- Provide information as required, to all the people who will be affected by the work operations
- Agree the planned timescales and methods of work with the workforce, ensuring clear understanding and buy-in
- Implement the agreed methods of communicating, reporting, recording and retrieving information related to the work operations
- Identify any breakdowns in communication and take action to restore effective communication amongst the team
- Communicate and organise the work being done in coordination with other operations as per the agreed work programme
- Organise and ensure there are sufficient resources, of the appropriate type, to meet the project requirements and timescales
- Organise and control the work and resources so that conditions are safe and the workplace is tidy, adhering to health and safety regulations
- Identify and record any unplanned circumstances and pass them on to people who may be affected, ensuring transparency and proactive problem-solving
- Organise the designated work area for operational purposes and communicate the layout and procedures to the workforce
- Organise the storage and use of materials and equipment so that handling and movement is efficient and wastage is minimised, promoting sustainability and cost-effectiveness
Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the WorkplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll develop the ability to identify and confirm work activities and resource requirements for an occupational work area, plan the sequence of activities considering resource availability, and evaluate the impact of external factors on project fulfilment.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify work activities required for an occupational work area.
- Assess the resources required to complete the identified work activities.
- Plan the sequence of work activities, taking into account resource requirements.
- Obtain clarification and advice when the required resources are not available.
- Evaluate the work activities and the impact of any significant external factors against the project requirements.
- Identify work activities that influence each other to optimise the use of available resources.
- Identify changed circumstances that require alterations to the work programme.
- Justify any required alterations to the work programme to decision makers.
Confirming the Occupational Method of Work in the WorkplaceReal unit · NOCN
It teaches you to assess project data accurately to determine occupational methods of work, obtain additional information when data is insufficient, and identify work methods that optimise resource use while complying with project and statutory 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
Controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant or machinery in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll learn to interpret information related to plant or machinery operations, organise operational sequences collabouratively, and comply with relevant legislation and guidance to ensure safe and effective control, direction, and guidance of machinery in the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant or machinery.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which directing and guiding operations are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when carrying out controlling, directing and guiding operations of plant or machinery.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant and machinery.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources to direct and guide the operation of plant and machinery.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant and machinery.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant and machinery.
- Comply with the given contract information to control, direct and guide the operation of plant or machinery to the required specification.
Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit focuses on developing and maintaining positive occupational working relationships by fostering goodwill and trust, communicating work activities appropriately, and offering advice and support to colleagues to promote a collabourative workplace environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Develop working relationships to promote goodwill and trust.
- Maintain working relationships to promote goodwill and trust.
- Encourage working relationships to promote goodwill and trust.
- Inform relevant people about work activities in an appropriate level of detail.
- Inform relevant people about work activities with the appropriate level of urgency.
- Offer advice and help to relevant people about work activities.
- Encourage questions and requests for clarification about work activities.
- Encourage comments 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.
Dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with the knowledge and skills to safely dismantle and/or demolish masonry and/or concrete structures, including interpreting plans and specifications, complying with relevant legislation, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to dismantle and/or demolish masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when dismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures.
- Comply with the given contract information to dismantle and/or demolish masonry and/or concrete structures, to the required specification.
Dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll learn to interpret information, comply with legislation and guidance, maintain safe working practices, and select appropriate resources for dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures in the workplace.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to dismantle and/or demolish metal structures.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when dismantling and/or demolishing metal structures.
- Comply with the given contract information to dismantle and/or demolish metal structures, to the required specification.
Dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit covers the interpretation of information, compliance with legislation, and maintenance of safe working practices when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding, including the selection of appropriate resources for the task.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to dismantle and/or demolish roofs and/or cladding.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when dismantling and/or demolishing roofs and/or cladding.
- Comply with the given contract information to dismantle and/or demolish roofs and/or cladding, to the required specification.
Dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners with the skills and knowledge to safely dismantle and/or demolish timber structures, including interpreting relevant information, complying with legislation and guidance, and maintaining safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to dismantle and/or demolish timber structures.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when dismantling and/or demolishing timber structures.
- Comply with the given contract information to dismantle and/or demolish timber structures to the required specification.
Implementing and maintaining health, safety, environmental and welfare practices in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll be able to allocate and maintain health, safety, environmental, and welfare equipment and resources, promote a positive safety culture, and monitor team competence to ensure compliance with project and statutory requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Allocate and maintain health, safety, environmental and welfare equipment and resources to meet project and statutory requirements.
- Encourage a positive culture of health, safety, environmental and welfare practices and identify opportunities for improving the health and safety of the work environment through engagement with the workforce.
- Ensure that their team is inducted and check that they are suitably competent and monitored whilst at the workplace.
- Monitor and review health, safety, environmental and welfare practices and safe systems of work in the relevant work environment in accordance with current organisational and statutory requirements.
Installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll gain knowledge and skills to interpret information, comply with legislation and guidance, and safely install, construct, maintain, dismantle, and remove temporary works within the workplace environment.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to install, construct, maintain, dismantle and remove temporary works.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when installing, constructing, maintaining, dismantling and removing temporary works.
- Comply with the given contract information to install, construct, maintain, dismantle and remove temporary works to the required specification.
Monitoring progress of work against schedules in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
It teaches you to monitor work progress against schedules, identify and report inappropriate resources, suggest alternatives, quantify deviations, and implement corrective actions to maintain project timelines effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Monitor progress of planned programmes against work schedules
- Identify, record and report inappropriate specified resources and suggest suitable alternatives
- Identify and quantify deviations from planned progress which have or may occur, and which could alter the programme
- Confirm the circumstances of any deviations, seek advice and implement appropriate corrective actions
- Identify and report options which may help the contract progress
- Report progress, any changes to the operational programme and resource needs
Operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
You'll gain advanced knowledge and skills to operate plant or machinery for dismantling and demolishing structures above 30 metres, including interpreting relevant information, organising demolition sequences with others, and adhering to safety legislation and practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which demolition operations using plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance to carry out demolition operations when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to operate plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and /or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres.
- Comply with the given contract information to operate plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures above 30 metres to the required specification.
Operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit equips learners with the knowledge to safely operate plant or machinery for dismantling and demolishing structures up to 30 metres, including interpreting information, organising demolition operations collabouratively, and complying with relevant legislation and safety requirements.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret given information relating to the work and resources when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Organise with others the sequence and operation in which demolition operations using plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres are to be carried out.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance to carry out demolition operations when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Request and select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to operate plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and /or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when operating plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres.
- Comply with the given contract information to operate plant or machinery to dismantle and/or demolish structures up to 30 metres to the required specification.
Removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment in the workplaceReal unit · NOCN
This unit provides learners with knowledge and skills to safely remove and segregate components and materials during demolition and refurbishment, including interpreting relevant information, complying with legislation, and applying safe working practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Interpret the given information relating to the work and resources when removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Comply with relevant legislation and official guidance when removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Maintain safe and healthy working practices when removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Select the required quantity and quality of resources for the methods of work to remove and segregate components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Minimise the risk of damage to the work and surrounding area when removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Complete the work within the allocated time when removing and segregating components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment.
- Comply with the given contract information to remove and segregate components and materials in demolition and/or refurbishment to the required specification.
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Level 3 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.
Co-ordinating and confirming the dimensional control requirements of the work in the workplaceCo-ordinating and organising work operations in the workplaceConfirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the WorkplaceConfirming the Occupational Method of Work in the WorkplaceControlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant or machinery in the workplaceDeveloping and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplaceDismantling and/or demolishing masonry and/or concrete structures in the workplaceDismantling and/or demolishing metal structures in the workplace
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
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NOCN Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Demolition (Construction)
- Co-ordinate and Organise Work Operations
- Co-ordinate communications for operational activities on utility networks and assets
- Contribute to providing a quality service when carrying out information destruction operations
- Control, direct and guide the operation of plant or machinery
- Develop and Maintain Good Working Relationships
- Dismantle and fix heritage metalwork
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within safety services
- Identify the functions required in an occupational area
Where this can lead
Senior Building Operations Coordinator
Your journey here as a Senior Building Operations Coordinator is just the beginning. With dedication, continuous learning, and a proactive approach, there are clear and exciting pathways to leadership and specialisation within facilities management and beyond. We're here to help you chart that course and achieve your ambitions.
See the whole journey →Opens the roleSenior Building Operations CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleAssociate Operations Training CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleProject Coordinator, OperationsOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 1 near-identical record folded inSee the role →Opens the roleAssociate Building Operations CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Opens the roleOperations CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route into · 1 near-identical record folded inSee the role →Opens the roleSenior Office Operations CoordinatorOne of the jobs this qualification is a route intoSee the role →Future FluencyAll ten future skillsSee how every unit is contextualised by the tenExplore →
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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.
Co-ordinate and Organise Work OperationsCo-ordinate communications for operational activities on utility networks and assetsContribute to providing a quality service when carrying out information destruction operationsControl, direct and guide the operation of plant or machineryDevelop and Maintain Good Working RelationshipsDismantle and fix heritage metalworkEstablish and maintain effective working relationships within safety servicesIdentify the functions required in an occupational areaMonitor and report on progress and the use of resourcesMonitor and review project progressMonitor the installation process for Network Construction Operations
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
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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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Which job do you mean?
Learners will develop skills to co-ordinate and communicate dimensional control information, use appropriate measuring equipment to confirm and maintain dimensional accuracy, and identify and rectify deviations to meet specified work requirements.
How the thinking builds
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for NOCN Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Demolition (Construction)
16 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Co-ordinating and confirming the dimensional control requirements of the work in the workplace
- Co-ordinating and organising work operations in the workplace
- Confirming Work Activities and Resources for an Occupational Work Area in the Workplace
- Confirming the Occupational Method of Work in the Workplace
- Controlling, directing and guiding the operation of plant or machinery in the workplace
- Developing and maintaining good occupational working relationships in the workplace
and 10 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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